Culpepper v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently May 2023 · most notably Harold McLaughlin Reliable Truck Brokers, Inc. v. Cox (1996), Newton v. Etoch (1998)
38 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 Time, Inc. v. Firestone · Ashley v. Eisele · Beaulieu v. Gray · Talley v. MFA Mutual Insurance · International Harvester Co. v. Burks Motors, Inc.
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he procedures to be followed and the assumptions to be made in reviewing rulings granting summary judgments [which] have now become axiomatic. . . . The burden is on movant to demonstrate the absence of a genuine issue of fact. All emphasis is drawn against the moving party, and when reasonable minds might differ as to conclusions to be drawn from the facts disclosed, a summary judgment is not appropriate. [Citation omitted.] The purpose of a summary judgment is not to try issues, but to determine if there are issues to be tried. If doubt exists, summary judgment should not be granted. [Citations omitted.] When considering the facts, the court should view the testimony relating thereto in the light most favorable to the party against whom the judgment is sought. [Citation omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The decision of a prosecutor to file criminal charges is within the set of core functions which are protected by absolute immunity. This is so even if the prosecutor makes that decision in a consciously malicious manner, vindictively, without adequate investigation, or in excess of his jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Newton v. Etoch
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.