Maggette v. Dalsheim’s Empirical Analysis
709 F.2d 800 · 1983
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 89 later decisions — most recently November 2018 · most notably Morgan v. Church's Fried Chicken (1987), Meade v. Grubbs (1988)
30 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Hughes v. Rowe · Cruz v. Beto · Brower v. United States · Lewis v. Faulkner
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is a severe sanction, 'applicable only in the extreme circumstances' ... [and] should be used as 'a weapon of last, rather than first, resort.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n deciding a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, it has been consistently held that when pleadings are themselves sufficient to withstand dismissal, failure to respond to a 12(b)(6) motion cannot constitute a 'default' justifying dismissal of the complaint;”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is entitled to notice of the consequences of failing to respond to a motion to dismiss or for judgment on the pleadings which is being treated as a motion for summary judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.