Williams v. Lew’s Empirical Analysis
819 F.3d 466 · 2016
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 9 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1653 · 28 U.S.C. § 2111 · 31 U.S.C. § 3101 (Default Prevention Act of 2013)
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Foman v. Davis · Allen v. Wright · Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[c]ourts may deny a motion to amend a complaint as futile ... if the proposed claim would not survive a motion to dismiss.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Id. (citations omitted). The D.C. Circuit further elaborated: [A]ny future injury that [the plaintiff] might suffer follow[ed] from an extended chain of contingencies. In particular: (1) federal debt must reach the statutory ceiling; (2) the Treasury Department must exhaust any”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he face amount of obligations issued under this chapter and the face amount of obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States Government.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.