Henry v. Purnell’s Empirical Analysis

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62 federal appellate · 12 district ·

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 168 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “recogniz[e] that a court should grant summary judgment only if, taking the facts in the best light for the nonmoving party, no material facts are disputed and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Brooks v. Johnson · Doe v. Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Ctr. Comm'n

2. “there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Hodgin v. UTC Fire & Sec. Ams. Corp. · Battle v. Ledford

3. “Whether a party is entitled to summary judgment is a question of law we review de novo using the same standard applied by the district court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Brooks v. Johnson · Altony Brooks v. Captain Jacumin