King v. Rubenstein’s Empirical Analysis
825 F.3d 206 · 2016
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
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 · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Estelle v. Gamble
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“resolve contests surrounding the facts, the merits of a claim, or the applicability of defenses.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[f]actual allegations must be enough to raise a right to relief above the speculative level,”
2 later decisions 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.