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Mayfield v. Bethards’s Empirical Analysis

826 F.3d 1252 · 2016

Citation profile

29
cited by 29 later decisions
April 2025
most recently cited

8 federal appellate · 3 district ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Mitchell v. Forsyth · United States v. Place · United States v. Jacobsen · G. M. Leasing Corp. v. United States

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

  1. “the court must dismiss the action unless the plaintiff shows that (1) the defendant violated a statutory or constitutional right, and (2) the right was clearly established at the time of the violation.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “[I]n reviewing a motion to dismiss, [the Court] accept[s] the facts alleged in the complaint as true and views them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “A complaint must allege facts that, if true, state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.”
    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.