McDonald v. Wise’s Empirical Analysis
769 F.3d 1202 · 2014
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 7 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The district court concluded that Mr. McDonald failed to plead facts sufficient to satisfy Workman' s falsity prong. It determined that Ms. Miller and Mayor Hancock's statements were not false because Mr. McDonald " was terminated because of 'allegations of serious misconduct.' " ... We disagree.... Even if the Mayor only stated that Mr. McDonald was fired because of allegations of serious misconduct, his termination of Mr. McDonald due to the allegations gives the false impression that Mr. McDonald did in fact commit serious misconduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To withstand a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, a complaint must contain enough allegations of fact, taken as true, to state a claim td relief that is plausible on its face. Disregarding conclusory statements, the remaining factual allegations must plausibly suggest the defendant is liable. A claim for relief is plausible when the plaintiff pleads facts adequate to draw a reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the alleged misconduct. Such facts must raise a right to relief above the speculative level.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“represent[s] only another way of pleading an action against an entity of which an officer is an agent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Burke v. Regalado
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.