White v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Bounds v. Smith · Procunier v. Martinez · Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Cruz v. Beto
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]his court has already specifically held that, in view of Rule 56, [former] Rule IV does not allow a court to grant summary judgment simply for failure to file a response.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“suggest that the application of [former] Rule IV(b) to support summary judgment in this case would be improper”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[t]he purpose of [former] Uniform Rule V(e) is procedural, not substantive”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.