Mathews v. BJS Construction, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bruner v. Yellowstone County · Motarie v. Northern Montana Joint Refuse Disposal District · Mead v. M.S.B., Inc. · Buckman v. Montana Deaconess Hospital · Oliver v. Stimson Lumber Co.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The movant must demonstrate that no genuine issues of material fact exist. Once this has been accomplished, the burden then shifts to the non-moving party to prove, by more than mere denial and speculation, that a genuine issue does exist.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Summary judgment is an extreme remedy which should never be substituted for a trial if a material factual controversy exists.”
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.