King v. Rubinsky’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently October 1971 · most notably Gulbenkian v. Penn (1952), Statham v. City of Tyler (1953)
27 state decisions
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 Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp. · Whitaker v. Coleman · Christianson v. Gaines · Haley v. Nickels · United States ex rel. Terry v. Nierstheimer
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * On hearing the motion for summary judgment, the court’s prerogative is to determine, if possible, whether there is a genuine controversy between the litigants. If it is clear there is none, then it is his duty to grant the motion. If the matter is reasonably doubtful the motion should be refused. * * * ””
2 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.