Bellflower v. Pennise’s Empirical Analysis
548 F.2d 776 · 1977
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently October 2016 · most notably Roberts v. Browning (1979), United States v. Porter (1978)
35 federal appellate · 3 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 Robert Johnson Grain Co. v. Chemical Interchange Co. · Windsor v. Bethesda General Hospital · Percival v. General Motors Corp. · Williams v. Chick
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an extreme remedy and one which is not to be entered unless the movant has established his right to a judgment with such clarity as to leave no room for controversy and that the other party is not entitled to recover under any discernible circumstances.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Taylor v. United States · B.J. Borgen, Inc., B.J. Borgen, Inc. v. Fed. Crop. Ins. Corp. v. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Joe Ruliffson Farm Company, Paul Ruliffson Farm Company, Richards Bros., Sinner Bros. & Bresnahan, Witte Partnership, Brian Borgen, Wayne Giermann, Vernon & John Grommesh, Fred M. Hector, Norbert Kensok, James E. Kieffer, Michael Lee, Wayne & Ken Lougheed, G.E. & Gary J. Nelson, Greg Nelson, Howard Nelson, Ralph Nelson, Dewey K. Olson, Myron Rostad, Tom & Dave Sinner, Duane Sullivan, Ralph Sullivan, Earl A. Vining, Lorry Vining, Donald Warner, Daniel Zimmerman, Plaintiffs/intervenors. Borgen Bros. v. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Borgen Bros., Broken "E" Beets, Dacasons, Inc., Elder Drive Farm, Fossum & Bryl Farms, Fossum & Bryl Farms, (Part.), Her Way, Inc., Kritzberger Bros., Mueller Brothers, R. Harrington & Son Beet Co., Short & Sweet Farms, Earl Abentroth, Fay & Ray Abentroth, Leo Ackerman, Lawrence D. Anderson, Richard Anderson, Wayne Borgen, Karl A. Kiehl, Roger and Harlan Diehl, Steven Eastvold, Timothy R. Eisenhardt, Ralph C. Engel, Wendell Garrett, Art E. Grove, Kenneth Halvorson, Frank & Lyn Harrington, Duane J. Hersch, David G. Johnson, James Kozojed, E.F. Krabbenhoft, Tom McInnes Virgil McNamee Ralph Meyer, Rodney Meyer, Leonard Muller, Curtis Reimer, Donald Reimer, Rayland Scholl, Raymond Scholl, Harlan Swenson, Plaintiffs/intervenors. Nelson Farms, Larry D. Jensen, Arlan McFarland Michael T. McFarland Weldon McFarland Clarence Peterson, Jr., Thomas Peterson, Kenneth Setterholm, Raymond Ward, Reynold W. Ward v. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, James L. Grzadzieleski, Wendell K. Kelm, Roy Morris, Manford G. Newell, William J. Newell, Roy A. Paton, Plaintiffs/intervenors“"(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."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he maintenance of the nuisance must be the natural and proximate cause of the injury.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Taylor Bay Protective Assoc. Calvin Covington Morgan William Berry Edward C. Fitzhugh Ray Fitzhugh v. Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency Dick Whittington, in His Official Capacity as Regional Administrator, Region Vi, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Village Creek and White River Levee District of Jackson County Arkansas Mayberry Levee District of Jackson County Arkansas, John O. Marsh, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Army U.S. Corps of Engineers Anthony Y. Nida in His Official Capacity as District Engineer, Little Rock District Corps of Engineers. Taylor Bay Protective Assoc. Calvin Covington Morgan William Berry Edward C. Fitzhugh Ray Fitzhugh v. Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency Dick Whittington, in His Official Capacity as Regional Administrator, Region Vi, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Village Creek and White River Levee District of Jackson County Arkansas Mayberry Levee District of Jackson County Arkansas, John O. Marsh, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Army U.S. Corps of Engineers Anthony Y. Nida in His Official Capacity as District Engineer, Little Rock District Corps of Engineers · Taylor Bay Protective Ass'n v. Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency
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.