Scott v. Majors’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 15 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 524 · 11 U.S.C. § 553 · 11 U.S.C. § 554
Relies on Davidovich v. Welton · Higgins v. Salt Lake County · Carolco Television Inc. v. National Broadcasting Co. · Roach v. Edge (In Re Edge) · United States ex rel. Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Service v. Gerth
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[the purpose of the [Rules] of Judicial Administration is to bring order to the manner in which the courts operate. They are not intended to, nor do they, create or modify substantive rights of litigants, nor do they decrease the inherent power of the court to control matters pending before it.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A summary judgment movant must show both that there is no material issue of fact and that the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[the same meeting of the minds is needed that was necessary to make the contract in the first place”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.