Smith v. Dunn’s Empirical Analysis
368 F.3d 705 · 2004
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Waters v. Churchill · Rogers v. City of Chicago · Clyde Pugh v. City of Attica, Indiana, Attica Police Department, Attica Board of Works · Jordan v. Summers · Vukadinovich v. Board of School Trustees of North Newton School Corp.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“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.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“bears the burden of persuasion to show that [the defendants'] proffered reasons were pretextual and that discrimination was the real reason for the [employment action].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.