Taylor v. Gallagher’s Empirical Analysis
737 F.2d 134 · 1984
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 14 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently November 2024 · most notably Paterson-Leitch Co. v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. (1988), Oliver v. Digital Equipment Corp. (1988)
27 federal appellate · 14 district · 2 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 Vera Croley, Etc. v. Matson Navigation Company, David E. Bouler v. Matson Navigation Company · Richard W. Neely v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company and Standard Oil Company of California · Over The Road Drivers, Inc. v. Transport Insurance · Santoni v. Federal Deposit Insurance · Manganaro v. Delaval Separator Co.
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“court may grant summary judgment despite an opposing party's claim that additional discovery would yield additional facts where the opposing party has not alleged specific facts that could be developed through such discovery.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“did not show, through a Rule 56(f) affidavit or otherwise, how discovery could have breathed life into [their] claim.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although a court may not weigh the evidence or make credibility determinations in granting summary judgment, the court may end a suit before trial if the court determines that, taking the facts and reasonable inferences therefrom in the light most favorable to the non-moving party, no reasonable juror could find for that party.”
1 later decision 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.