Rand v. Rowland’s Empirical Analysis
154 F.3d 952 · 1998
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 193 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably Wyatt v. Terhune (2003), Jones v. Blanas (2004)
38 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1654 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915A · 28 U.S.C. § 2071 (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Amendments) · 28 U.S.C. § 2072 · 28 U.S.C. § 2073 · 28 U.S.C. § 2111 · 28 U.S.C. § 331
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Conley v. Gibson · United States v. Olano
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 193 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“informed of his or her right to file counter-affidavits or other responsive evidentiary materials and be alerted to the fact that failure to do so might result in the entry of summary judgment against the prisoner.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hymes v. Deramus · Wyatt v. Terhune“[He] must set out specific facts in the form of admissible evidence (such as affidavits, declarations, depositions, answers to interrogatories, or properly authenticated documents as provided in Rule 56(e)), that contradict the facts shown in the defendant’s declarations and documents and show that there is a genuine issue of fact for trial.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“phrased in ordinary, understandable language calculated to apprise an unsophisticated prisoner of his or her rights and obligations under Rule 56.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wyatt v. Terhune · Wyatt v. Terhune
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.