Saathoff v. Kuhlman’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. Connaughton · Nelson v. WEB Water Development Ass'n, Inc.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f there exists any basis which supports the ruling of the [circuit] court, affirmance of a summary judgment is proper.”
3 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.