Sheppard v. Beerman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Summary judgment is appropriate only if it can be established 'that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Huebner v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Inc. · Richards v. Direct Energy Servs., LLC

2. “We review a grant of summary judgment de novo, examining the evidence in the light most favorable to, and drawing all inferences in favor of, the non-movant.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams v. Annucci · Huebner v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Inc.

3. “if the employee's speech is reasonably likely to disrupt the effective functioning of the office, and the employee is fired to prevent this disruption.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Reuland v. Hynes