Meshal v. Higgenbotham’s Empirical Analysis
804 F.3d 417 · 2015
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 9 district ·
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 2733 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1350 · 28 U.S.C. § 2671 · 28 U.S.C. § 2679 · 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer · Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t would be grossly anomalous ... to apply Bivens extraterritorially when we would not apply an identical statutory cause of action for constitutional torts extraterritorially.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“After all, the presumption against extraterritoriality is a settled principle that the Supreme Court applies even in considering statutory remedies.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“conduct that occurred outside the borders of the United States.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.