Kelly v. McFarland’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Street v. Jc Bradford & Company
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the title retained by the dealer must be assigned, and hence fully executed, as prerequisite to effectuating the transfer of title”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“duty ... to decide unsettled issues of state law as a Kentucky court would decide them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. B.L. v. Schuhmann
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.