Rinieri v. Scanlon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions

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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he party opposing summary judgment must be able to point to some facts which may or will entitle him to judgment, or refute the proof of the moving party in some material portion, and that the opposing party may not merely recite the incantation, "Credibility," and have a trial on the hope that a jury may disbelieve factually uncontested proof.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cowart v. Widener · 89 Wash. 2d 124 - Amend v. Bell

2. “does not become the government’s agents____”); Pirzarello v. United States, 408 F.2d 579 (2d Cir.1969); Rinieri v. Scanlon, 254 F.Supp. 469 , 474 (S.D.N.Y.1966) (“The government has acted in a fashion which can only be described as arbitrary, capricious and unconscionable.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walker v. Commissioner · L. Jay Walker v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

3. “"* * * [T]he opposing party’s facts must be material, and of a substantial nature, not fanciful, frivolous, gauzy, nor merely suspicious.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chapman v. United States · Waltz v. Cameron Mutual Insurance Co.