National Amusements, Inc. v. Town of Dedham’s Empirical Analysis
43 F.3d 731 · 1995
Citation profile
97 federal appellate · 249 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 391 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably Calero-Cerezo v. United States Department of Justice (2004), McCarthy v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. (1995)
97 federal appellate · 249 district · 12 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · Broadrick v. Oklahoma
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 391 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“sufficiently open-ended to permit a rational factfinder to resolve the issue in favor of either side.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[e]ven in cases where elusive concepts such as motive and intent are at issue, summary judgment may be appropriate if the non-moving party rests merely upon conclusory allegations, improbable inferences, and unsupported speculation.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“The judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith 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.”
7 later decisions 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.