Badell v. Beeks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

55 state decisions

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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In order to survive a motion for summary judgment, the non-moving party must 'make a sufficient showing to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Saint Alphonsus Reg'l Med. Ctr. v. Raney · Brewer v. Washington RSA No. 8 Ltd. Partnership

2. “Summary judgment is appropriate if the pleadings, affidavits, and discovery documents on file with the court, read in a light most favorable to the nonmoving party, demonstrate no material issue of fact such that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brewer v. Washington RSA No. 8 Ltd. Partnership · Taylor v. Maile

3. “[W]hen the proceedings are civil, while the person initiating them cannot have a reasonable belief in the existence of the facts on which the' proceedings are based if he knows that the alleged facts are not true and his claim is based on false testimony, it is enough if their existence is not certain but he believes that he can establish their existence to the satisfaction of court and jury. In a word, the initiator of private civil proceedings need not have the same degree of certainty as to the relevant facts that is required of a private prosecutor of criminal proceedings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shannahan v. Gigray