Wells v. Coker’s Empirical Analysis
707 F.3d 756 · 2013
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · State of New Hampshire v. State of Maine · Haring v. Prosise · 74 Ill. 2d 132 - Thornton v. Paul
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Summary judgment is appropriate when 'the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“prevents a party from prevailing on an argument in an earlier matter and then relying on a contradictory argument to prevail in a subsequent matter.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A genuine issue of material fact exists when the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Palmer v. Franz
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.