925 F. Supp. 2d 352 - Thomas v. Venditto’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1447 · 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 · Younger v. Harris · Colorado River Water Conservation District 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because the personal involvement of a defendant is a prerequisite to an award of damages under § 1983, a plaintiff cannot rely on a group pleading against all defendants without making specific individual factual allegations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]t is insufficient for the plaintiffs to rely on group pleading against [these defendants] without making specific factual allegations [against them].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] plaintiff must plead that each Government-official defendant, through the official's own individual actions, has violated the Constitution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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