Fullman v. Graddick’s Empirical Analysis
739 F.2d 553 · 1984
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 3 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 226 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably Myers v. Morris (1987), Michael Byrne Debra Manov v. Camran Nezhat (2001)
46 federal appellate · 3 district · 10 state decisions
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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics
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 226 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n civil rights and conspiracy actions ... more than mere conclusory notice pleading is required [and] ... a complaint will be dismissed as insufficient when the allegations it contains are vague and conclusory ... In conspiracy cases a defendant must be informed of the nature of the conspiracy which is alleged. It is not enough to simply aver in the complaint that a conspiracy existed ... A complaint may justifiably be dismissed because of the conclusory, vague and general nature of the allegations of conspiracy.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]t is not enough, to indicate merely that the plaintiff has a grievance but sufficient detail must be given so that the defendant, and the Court, can obtain a fair idea of what the plaintiff is complaining, and can see that there is some legal basis for recovery.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. L.S.T., Inc. v. Crow · L.S.T., Inc., Individually Dba Kokomo, Harvey Adams, Steven Adams, James Miller, Mark Morris v. Lawrence Crow, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Polk County, Florida, Wayne Cross, Individually and as a Polk County Deputy Sheriff, Grady Judd, Individually and as a Polk County Deputy Sheriff, William Haynes, Individually and as a Polk County Deputy Sheriff, Rick Dobson, Individually and as a Polk County Deputy Sheriff“[w]hen a motion for summary judgment is made and supported as provided in this rule, an adverse party may not rest upon the mere allegations or denials of his pleading, but his response, by affidavits or as otherwise provided in this rule, must set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial. If he does not so respond, summary judgment, if appropriate, shall be entered against him.”
3 later decisions 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.