Smith v. Severn’s Empirical Analysis
129 F.3d 419 · 1997
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 146 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably Gonzalez v. Ingersoll Milling Machine Co. (1998), Montgomery v. American Airlines, Inc. (2010)
31 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
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
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] party will be successful in opposing summary judgment only when they present definite, competent evidence to rebut the motion.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Students facing temporary suspension have interests qualifying for protection of the Due Process Clause, and due process requires, in connection with a suspension of 10 days or less, that the student be given oral or written notice of the charges against him and, if he denies them, an explanation of the evidence the authorities have and an opportunity to present his side of the story. The Clause requires at least these rudimentary precautions against unfair or mistaken findings of misconduct and arbitrary exclusion from school. There need be no delay between the time “notice” is given and the time of the healing. In the great majority of cases the disciplinarian may informally discuss the alleged misconduct with the student minutes after it has occurred. We hold only that, in being given an opportunity to explain his version of the facts at this discussion, the student first be told what he is accused of doing and what the basis of the accusation is.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“facts give rise to disputed inferences. At summary judgment, we must review the underlying facts in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. The phrase”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.