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Becker v. Bateman’s Empirical Analysis

709 F.3d 1019 · 2013

Citation profile

51
cited by 51 later decisions
May 2025
most recently cited

14 federal appellate · 10 district ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Graham v. Connor · Pearson v. Callahan · Duncan v. Walker · SAUCIER v. KATZ Et Al.

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

  1. “if there is sufficient evidence on each side so that a rational trier of fact could resolve the issue either way.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “if under the substantive law it is essential to the proper disposition of the claim.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
    2 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.