Longaberger Co. v. Kolt’s Empirical Analysis
586 F.3d 459 · 2009
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · State of New Hampshire v. State of Maine · Varity Corporation v. Howe · Mertens v. Hewitt Associates
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“mere existence of some alleged factual dispute between the parties will not defeat an otherwise properly supported motion for summary judgment; the requirement is that there be no genuine issue of material fact.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Only disputed material facts, those 'that might affect the outcome of the suit under the governing law,' will preclude 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.