Alder v. Hailey’s Empirical Analysis
621 F.2d 169 · 1980
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently December 2019 · most notably Clark v. Tarrant County (1986), In re Smith Corset Shops, Inc. (1982)
12 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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 International Longshoremen's Ass'n, Local 1291 v. Philadelphia Marine Trade Ass'n · Finney v. Arkansas Board of Correction · Jim Walter Resources, Inc. v. International Union, United Mine Workers · Hanson v. Polk County Land, Inc. · Baddock v. Villard
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A party against whom a claim, counterclaim, or cross-claim is asserted or a declaratory judgment is sought may, at any time, move with or without supporting affidavits for a summary judgment in the party’s favor as to all or any part thereof.”
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.