Easton Beckford v. Leonardo Portuondo, Superintendent at Shawangunk Correctional Facility’s Empirical Analysis
234 F.3d 128 · 2000
Citation profile
18 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably Pepsico, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co. (2002), Mastrovincenzo v. The City of New York R 04-2264-Cv (2006)
18 federal appellate ·
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
Relies on Graham v. Long Island Rail Road · United States v. Jacobson · Orchano v. Advanced Recovery Inc · Benjamin Polycarpo Soley v. The Star & Herald 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although we have repeatedly observed, in words or substance, that we review a grant of summary judgment de novo applying the same standard as the district court, that does not mean that it is our function to decide motions for summary judgment in the first instance. We are dependent on the district court to identify and sort out the issues on such motions, to examine and analyze them, and to apply the law to the facts accepted by the court for purposes of the motion. We are entitled to the benefit of the district court’s judgment, which is always helpful and usually persuasive.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Upon review of the record and applicable law, the Court concludes that no genuine issue of material fact exists that precludes summary judgment, and that Plaintiffs claims are legally deficient. The Court notes that it does not reach the issue of Eleventh Amendment immunity or the applicability of Kilcullen at this stage, and relies on the alternate grounds articulated in Defendants’ memorandum.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] recitation of the applicable factors or legal standard, standing alone, is normally not sufficient to permit appropriate appellate review.... If the court fails to make findings and to give an explanation, and the reason for the court’s ruling is not clear to us, we will remand for findings and an explanation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miranda v. Bennett
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.