Fitzgerald v. Santoro’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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

1. “favor toward the nonmoving party does not extend to drawing inferences that are supported by only speculation or conjecture.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Perry v. State · Allstate Ins. Co. v. Mccolly Realtors, Inc.

2. “This case fits snugly within our precedents holding that police officers and other emergency personnel must be “able to assist persons in danger or otherwise in need of assistance.” Richardson, 208 F.3d at 630 . “[W]hen police are acting in a swiftly developing situation ... a court must not indulge in unrealistic second-guessing.” Leaf v. Shelnutt, 400 F.3d 1070 , 1092 (7th Cir. 2005) (internal quotation marks omitted). We apply that maxim again today.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sutterfield v. City of Milwaukee

3. “[T]o survive summary judgment, the non-moving party must establish some genuine issue for trial 'such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict' in [its] favor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 379 F. Supp. 3d 757 - Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. Scion Dental Inc.