Sames 84-1020 v. Gable S’s Empirical Analysis
732 F.2d 49 · 1984
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 90 later decisions — most recently February 2018 · most notably International Shortstop, Inc. v. Rally's, Inc. (1991), First Chicago International v. United Exchange Co. (1988)
46 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 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
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Perry v. Sindermann · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co. · Bates v. State Bar
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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a continuance of a motion for summary judgment for purposes of discovery should be granted almost as a matter of course.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“may refuse the application for judgment or may order a continuance to permit affidavits to be obtained or depositions to be taken or discovery to be had or may make such other order as is just.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[their] failings [were not] sufficiently egregious to warrant a non-merits resolution of their claims.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Radich v. Goode · Radich v. Goode
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.