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757 F.3d 347 · 2014

Citation profile

87
cited by 87 later decisions
March 2025
most recently cited

18 federal appellate · 22 district ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 50 U.S.C. § 1881a

Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · Broadrick v. Oklahoma · City of Los Angeles v. Lyons

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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[c]ourt may look beyond the pleadings to ascertain the facts[.]”
    8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “the court must only consider the allegations of the complaint and documents referenced therein and attached thereto, in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.”
    5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “presents a 'facial' attack or a 'factual' attack on the claim at issue, because that distinction determines how the pleading must be reviewed.”
    5 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.