Pelt v. Utah’s Empirical Analysis
539 F.3d 1271 · 2008
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 17 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Drennen v. PNC Bank National Ass'n (2010), Katz v. Gerardi (2011)
12 federal appellate · 17 district · 6 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Jones v. Bock · Hansberry v. Lee · Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must establish, as a matter of law, all essential elements of the issue before the nonmovant can be obligated to bring forward any specific facts alleged to rebut the movant's case.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“pointing to parts of the record that [the movant] believes illustrate the absence of a genuine issue of material fact.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“beyond a reasonable doubt that it is entitled to summary judgment.”
3 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.