Havner H. Parish, Jr. v. Dwayne E. Howard’s Empirical Analysis
459 F.2d 616 · 1972
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently August 1997 · most notably Dayco Corp. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (1975), Rattner v. Netburn (1991)
35 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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 Beck v. United States · Smith v. Westchester County Bar Ass'n · Freeman v. Continental Gin Co. · Dredge Corp. v. Penny · Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(d)isputes involving the interpretation of unambiguous contracts are appropriate cases for summary judgment(,)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"(c) Motion and Proceedings Thereon. * * * 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."”
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.