Bryson v. Brand Insulations, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
621 F.2d 556 · 1980
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 31 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 133 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably Rose 88-1634 v. Bartle a Reed W 88-1646 (1989), Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Ass'n (1993)
35 federal appellate · 31 district · 1 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · Kentucky v. Indiana · Mortensen v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n · Jaffke v. Dunham
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 133 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To exercise the right to oppose summary judgment, a party must have notice.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[b]ecause the procedure of Rule 56 requiring an opportunity to present pertinent material, which presumes notice to the party so that he may take advantage of the opportunity, was not followed, the entry of judgment must be reversed'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“all inferences favorable to plaintiff will be drawn,”
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.