McFaul v. Valenzuela’s Empirical Analysis
684 F.3d 564 · 2012
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000C
Relies on Turner v. Safley · O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz · Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc. · Reginald R. Brinkmann, Jr. v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner · District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. Osborne
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]ummary judgment may not be thwarted by conclusional allegations, unsupported assertions, or presentation of only a scintilla of evidence.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This court construes all facts and inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party.”
4 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.