Beus v. Beus’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although affidavits must set forth facts that would be admissible as evidence ... it is not proper for the trial judge to assess the credibility of an affiant at the summary judgment stage when credibility can be tested in court before the trier of fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Seward v. Musick Auction, LLC

2. “is entitled to arrive at the most probable inferences based upon the undisputed evidence properly before it and grant the summary judgment despite the possibility of conflicting inferences.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sec. Investor Fund LLC v. Crumb

3. “the party opposing summary judgment must bring to the trial court's attention evidence that may create a genuine issue of material fact ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Greenwald v. Western Surety Co.