Tucker v. Webb Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably 69 Ohio App. 3d 663 - Manofsky v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (1990), 10 Ohio App. 3d 272 - Whiteleather v. Yosowitz (1983)
50 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Harless v. Willis Day Warehousing Co. · Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp. · Associated Press v. United States · Benjamin v. Deffet Rentals, Inc.
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“cannot weigh evidence most strongly in favor of one opposing a motion for summary judgment when there is a dearth of evidence available in the first place.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“allotted insufficient time to discover the essential facts surrounding the transactions that took place * * *.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"(F) When affidavits unavailable. Should it appear from the affidavits of a party opposing the motion for summary judgment that he cannot for sufficient reasons stated present by affidavit facts essential to justify his opposition, the court may refuse the application for judgment or may order a continuance to permit affidavits to be obtained or discovery to be had or may make such other order as is just."”
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.