Norris v. Bakker’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burton v. Tribble · Wilson v. General Electric Capital Auto Lease, Inc. · Hampton v. Taylor · Mount Olive Water Ass'n v. City of Fayetteville · Lubin v. Crittenden Hospital Ass'n
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[n]o mere ignorance on the part of plaintiff of his rights, nor the mere silence of one who is under no obligation to speak, will prevent the statute bar.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“there are no genuine issues of material fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.