Kennett-Murray Corp. v. Bone’s Empirical Analysis
622 F.2d 887 · 1980
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 8 district · 22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 300 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Rollins v. TechSouth, Inc. (1987), Babrocky v. Jewel Food Co. (1985)
59 federal appellate · 8 district · 22 state decisions — followed in 14 states
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 Perma Research & Development Co. v. Singer Co. · William Radobenko and Mary G. Radobenko, His Wife, Individually and as Husband and Wife v. Automated Equipment Corporation, a California Corporation · Whitaker v. Coleman · Barbara R. Gross v. Southern Railway Company, Nancy Ruth Canipelli v. Southern Railway Company
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 300 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the issue raised by the contradictory affidavit constituted a sham.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“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 a judgment as a matter of law.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a genuine issue can exist by virtue of a party's affidavit even if it conflicts with earlier testimony in the party's deposition.”
5 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.