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79 F.3d 318 · 1996

Citation profile

520
cited by 520 later decisions
4
states following
October 2021
most recently cited

59 federal appellate · 70 district · 10 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 520 later decisions — most recently October 2021 · most notably Bloch v. Ribar (1998), Charles Morris v. Ann Lindau (1999)

59 federal appellate · 70 district · 10 state decisions

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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)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 704 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)

Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois

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

  1. “it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
    5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Mulero v. Connecticut · Hamilton Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi, Inc. v. Hamilton College
  2. “The issue is not whether a plaintiff will ultimately prevail but whether the claimant is entitled to offer evidence to support the claims.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. 314 F. Supp. 2d 172 - In Re Global Crossing, Ltd. Securities Litigation · 941 F. Supp. 326 - In Re tcw/dw N. Amer. Gov. Income Trust SEC. Lit.
  3. “recognize[] a claim under the equal protection clause for retaliation following complaints of racial discrimination”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. St. Juste v. Metro Plus Health Plan · 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 15859 - Lewczyk v. Connecticut Dph, No. Cv 00-0596677 (Dec. 10, 2002)

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.