Haverda v. Hays County’s Empirical Analysis

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13 federal appellate ·

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

1. “if 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
   e.g. Davenport v. Edward D. Jones & Co. · John M. O'Quinn, P.C. v. Lexington Ins. Co.

2. “consider all facts and evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party[,] ... draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the nonmoving party[,] ... [and] disregard all evidence favorable to the moving party that the jury is not required to believe.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Golden Spread Coop., Inc. v. Emerson Process Mgmt.

3. “[s]ummary judgment should be used most sparingly in...First Amendment cases...involving delicate constitutional rights, complex fact situations, disputed testimony, and questionable credibilities.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Anderson v. Valdez