Webster v. Sill’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently May 2024 · most notably Jiminez ex rel. Estate of Serrano v. All American Rathskeller, Inc. (2007), Williams v. Melby (1985)
2 federal appellate · 50 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
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 · Mays v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. · Gaboury v. Ireland Road Grace Brethren, Inc. · 29 Ill. App. 3d 932 - Smith v. Ashley
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.
“[W]hen a party takes a clear position in a deposition, that is not modified on cross-examination, [it] may not thereafter raise an issue of fact by [its] own affidavit which contradicts [the] deposition, unless [it] can provide an explanation for the discrepancy.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage“A single sworn statement is sufficient to create an issue of fact. Clearly, it is not for a court to weigh the evidence or assess credibility.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The rule that a moving party may not rely upon his own affidavit which contradicts his deposition must be administered with care. It is common knowledge that witnesses sometimes misstate themselves, may not properly understand the question propounded, or give equivocal answers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.