Schultz v. Newsweek, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
668 F.2d 911 · 1982
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2014 · most notably Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. Connaughton (1989), Gafford v. General Electric Co. (1993)
27 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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. § 144 · 28 U.S.C. § 455
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · St. Amant v. Thompson · Herbert v. Lando · Hutchinson v. Proxmire · United States v. Bailey
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to the 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.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the function of summary judgment is to dispose of cases without trial when one party is unable to demonstrate the existence of a fatual dispute which, if present, would require resolution by a jury or other trier of fact.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Summary judgment practice in federal courts is controlled by Rule 56, unaffected by state procedural rules.”
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.