Smith v. Lamz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 federal appellate ·

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

1. “consistently held that a failure to respond by the nonmovant as mandated by the local rules results in an admission.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McMahan v. Deutsche Bank AG · 384 F. Supp. 3d 941 - Entm't One Uk Ltd. v. 2012shiliang

2. “(3) a concise response to the movant’s statement that shall contain (A) a response to each numbered paragraph in the moving party’s statement, including, in the case of any disagreement, specific references to the affidavits, parts of the record, and other supporting materials relied upon, and (B) a statement, consisting of short numbered paragraphs, of any additional facts that require denial of summary judgment, including references to the affidavits, parts of the record, and other supporting materials relied upon.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sears Home Appliances Showrooms, LLC v. Appliance Alliance, LLC · 931 F. Supp. 2d 849 - Sistrunk v. Khan

3. “Local Rule 56.1’s enforcement provision provides that when a responding party’s statement fails to controvert the facts as set forth in the moving party’s statement in the manner dictated by the rule, those facts shall be deemed admitted for purposes of the motion. We have consistently held that a failure to respond by the nonmovant as mandated by the local rules results in an admission.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 268 F. Supp. 2d 1004 - Jones v. Centurion Investment Associates, Inc. · 417 F. Supp. 2d 943 - Glass v. Rodriguez