Hannon v. Beard’s Empirical Analysis
645 F.3d 45 · 2011
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 41 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Turner v. Safley · Bounds v. Smith · Olim v. Wakinekona · Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is black-letter law that hearsay evidence cannot be considered on summary judgment for the truth of the matter asserted.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“set out facts that would be admissible in evidence”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the burden of producing specific facts sufficient to deflect the swing of the summary judgment scythe.”
2 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.