Dawkins v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

85 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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Rule 56(c) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure provides that a trial court may grant a motion for summary judgment `if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Epstein v. Brown · Gary v. Askew

2. “The purpose of summary judgment is to expedite disposition of cases which do not require the services of a fact finder.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stevens & Wilkinson of South Carolina, Inc. v. City of Columbia · Melton v. Medtronic, Inc.

3. “If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Commander