Bell v. Jendell’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 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 · Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan · State of Louisiana Francis v. Resweber
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the liberal treatment afforded to pro se litigants does not exempt a pro se party from compliance with relevant rules of procedural and substantive law.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n adjudicating a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, a district court must confine its consideration to facts stated on the face of the complaint, in documents appended to the complaint or incorporated in the complaint by reference, and to matters of which judicial notice may be taken.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Colon v. Annucci“construe[ ] [his complaint] liberally and interpret[ ] [it] to raise the strongest arguments that [it] suggest[s].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Colon v. Annucci
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.