Sarnoff v. Ciaglia’s Empirical Analysis
165 F.2d 167 · 1947
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 18 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 108 later decisions — most recently February 2011 · most notably Gulbenkian v. Penn (1952), Dewey v. Clark (1950)
39 federal appellate · 18 district · 8 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 Doehler Metal Furniture Co. v. United States · Toebelman v. Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Co. · Weisser v. Mursam Shoe Corp. · 44 F. Supp. 523 - Ramsouer v. Midland Valley R. Co. · Merchants Indemnity Corp. of New York v. Peterson
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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * ‘summary judgment may not be given under Rule 56 * * * if there be an issue presented as to the existence of any material fact.’ * * * ‘Upon a motion for a summary judgment it is no part of the court’s function to decide issues of fact but solely to determine whether there is an issue of fact to be tried. * * * All doubts as to the existence of a genuine issue as to a material fact must be resolved against the party moving for a summary judgment. * * >»”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * All doubts as to the existence of a genuine issue as to a material fact must be resolved against the party moving for a summary judgment.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * The judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, * * * show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.” (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision 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.