Morris’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 4 district · 5 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 215 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “specific facts showing the existence of a 'genuine' issue concerning every essential component of its case.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barfield v. Fed. Express Corp. · Zoller v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co.

2. “Once the moving party presents the ... court with a properly supported summary judgment motion, the burden shifts to the nonmoving party to show that summary judgment is inappropriate.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kappa Dev. & General Contracting Inc. v. Hanover Ins. Co. (In re Kappa Dev. & General Contracting Inc.) · Nat'l Truck Funding LLC v. Yolo Capital Inc. (In re Nat'l Truck Funding LLC)

3. “A common carrier providing transportation or service subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission ... shall issue a receipt or bill of lading for property it receives for transportation under this subtitle. That carrier ... and any other common carrier that delivers the property and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission ... are liable to the person entitled to recover under the receipt or bill of lading. The liability imposed under this paragraph is for actual loss or injury to the property caused by (1) the receiving carrier [or] (2) the delivering carrier....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 102 F. Supp. 2d 599 - Strike v. Atlas Van Lines, Inc.