Patricia Larsen’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
January 2022
most recently cited
3 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Walker v. Armco Steel Corp. · Krenik v. County of Le Sueur · Enterprise Bank v. Magna Bank
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Summary judgment is proper where, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party, there are no genuine issues of material fact in dispute.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Robert Ford · Dale Long“[T]he Federal Rules of Civil Procedure determine the date from which various timing requirements begin to run. They do not, however, affect the commencement of a lawsuit. Rather, state commencement rules apply.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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