Walker v. Hoffman’s Empirical Analysis
583 F.2d 1073 · 1978
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently February 2014
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 Scheuer v. Rhodes · Wood v. Strickland · Mutual Fund Investors, Inc. v. The Putnam Management Company, Inc. · Mary Elizabeth Foy Donnelly v. H. Gibson Guion · Mark v. Groff
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the facts so that the judge can decide if anything remains to be tried.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“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 the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The non-movant has an affirmative duty to come forward to meet a properly supported motion for summary judgment....”
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.