Horsley v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
292 F.3d 695 · 2002
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. · Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell · Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. Austin · Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“After the pleadings are closed but within such time as not to delay the trial, any party may move for judgment on the pleadings. If, on a motion for judgment on the pleadings, matters outside the pleadings are presented to and not excluded by the court, the motion shall be treated as one for summary judgment and disposed of as provided in Rule 56.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“when there are no material facts in dispute, and judgment may be rendered by considering the substance of the pleadings and any judicially noticed facts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an emotional debate concerning emotionally-charged issues of significant public concern.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.