Whitaker v. Collier’s Empirical Analysis
862 F.3d 490 · 2017
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3599 · 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 · Wilson v. Garcia · Pennsylvania v. Finley · Holmberg v. Armbrecht
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“alternative holdings are binding precedent and not obiter dicta .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A dismissal for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6) is reviewed ' de novo , accepting all well-pleaded facts as true and viewing those facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Baughman v. Hickman
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.