Cabaness v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district · 30 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 207 Ill. 2d 263 - Feltmeier v. Feltmeier · GTE Southwest, Inc. v. Bruce · Beck v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · Berube v. Fashion Centre, Ltd. · Stewart v. Rudner
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is no genuine issue as to any material fact”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“[alffidavits reflecting an affiant's unsubstantiated conclusions and opinions are inadmissible.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“for any reason (or no reason) except where prohibited by law,”
2 later decisions 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.