In re Facebook, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
797 F.3d 148 · 2015
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78B (§ 2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Younger v. Harris · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · Ruhrgas Ag v. Marathon Oil Co.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]e are 'not ... bound to accept conclusory allegations or legal conclusions masquerading as factual conclusions.'”
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.