Ghailani v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
859 F.3d 1295 · 2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 46 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000B
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · Turner v. Safley · Wisconsin v. Yoder
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The [Supreme] Court held in Gomez ... that complaints need not anticipate affirmative defenses; neither Iqbal nor Twombly suggests otherwise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he burden of pleading [affirmative defenses] rests with the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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