Hammer v. Slater’s Empirical Analysis
20 F.3d 1137 · 1994
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently June 2022 · most notably Young v. Augusta Georgia City of, Riley v. Newton (1996)
7 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · St. Amant v. Thompson · Streeter v. United States
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Rule 56(c) mandates the entry of summary judgment ... against a party who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to the party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial.' .... 'Summary judgment procedure is properly regarded not as a disfavored procedural shortcut, but rather, as an integral part of the Federal Rules as a whole, which are designed 'to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Riley v. Newton“Because Smith presented evidence that he acted in good faith and without malice, the burden shifted to Henry to point to specific evidence of malice on his part. This she did not do. Malice to avoid qualified privilege must be actual and with evil intent. In order to prove actual malice, Henry was required to show that Smith either knew his statement was false or made it with reckless disregard of the truth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Id. at 6 (citing cases). Assuming, without deciding, that Defendants have met their burden of establishing that the statements made in the May 10, 2014 email were conditionally privileged, the Court nevertheless, after considering the entire record, finds that Plaintiffs have come forward with sufficient evidence to create a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Rongstad sent the email”
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.