Thornton v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
692 F.2d 1064 · 1982
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 23 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 150 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably Haroco, Inc. v. American National Bank & Trust Co. (1984), Egger v. Phillips (1983)
59 federal appellate · 23 district · 6 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 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1104 (§ 404 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1109 (§ 409 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Washington Post Co. v. Rebozo · Surowitz v. Hilton Hotels Corp. · Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm & Haas Co. · Dependahl v. Falstaff Brewing Corp. · Amato v. Bernard
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 150 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f the adverse party does not so respond, summary judgment, if appropriate, shall be entered against the adverse party (emphasis added).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]here the evidentiary matter in support of the motion does not establish the absence of a genuine issue, summary judgment must be denied even if no opposing evidentiary matter is presented.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A court] is fully empowered to award the relief available in traditional trust law against non-fiduciaries who knowingly participate ... in a breach of trust.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Useden v. Acker · Useden v. Acker
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.