Stephens v. Department of Health & Human Services’s Empirical Analysis
901 F.2d 1571 · 1990
Citation profile
60 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 150 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2019 · most notably GJR Investments, Inc. v. County of Escambia (1998), Stephens v. Secretary (1990)
60 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 5 U.S.C. § 1205 · 5 U.S.C. § 1214 · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 701
Relies on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Connick v. Myers · Rankin v. McPherson · Bush v. Lucas · United States v. Fausto
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 150 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“On a motion to dismiss, the facts stated in appellant's complaint and all reasonable inferences therefrom are taken as true.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“The standard of review for a motion to dismiss is the same for the appellate court as it was for the trial court.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Congress has provided what it considers adequate remedial mechanisms for constitutional violations that may occur in the course of its administration”
2 later decisions 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.