Lashlee v. Sumner’s Empirical Analysis
570 F.2d 107 · 1978
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 120 later decisions — most recently September 2014 · most notably 130 F. Supp. 2d 928 - Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. v. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (1999), Drake v. Bf Goodrich Company (1986)
6 federal appellate · 10 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 Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corp. v. Storm King Corp. · United States v. Articles of Device Consisting of Three Devices . . . "Diapulse'' · Kern v. Hettinger · Felix v. Young
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 120 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Summary judgment] ... 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 judgment as a matter of law.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he underlying wrong which the complaint alleges is defamation by publication of a libelous report, and the claim of injury set out in each count springs from the act of publication. An essential element of each “cause of action” is the publication of an utterly false derogatory report about the plaintiff. The gist of the entire action is the libel, and the district court properly held that the one-year statute of limitations applies to all counts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[d]eliberate concealment by a defendant of the plaintiff[s'] cause of action will toll the statute of limitations.”
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.