Yashon v. Gregory’s Empirical Analysis
737 F.2d 547 · 1984
Citation profile
49 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably Cale v. Johnson (1988), United States v. Sturman (1991)
49 federal appellate · 2 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Perry v. Sindermann · Bishop v. Wood · Bates v. State Bar · Tamotsu Tanaka v. Creditors' Committee 1
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The plaintiff in this case did not receive appropriate notice of the district court’s intention to enter summary judgment. Since the defendants did not move for summary judgment and since the order of January 14, 1983 did not mention the possibility of summary judgment being entered, the plaintiff was justifiably unsure about the procedural posture of the case_ We hold that where a district court is contemplating entering sua sponte summary judgment against one of the parties, that party is entitled to unequivocal notice of the court’s intentions. The plaintiff did not receive such notice here.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The clearly established rule in this circuit is that a district court must afford the party against whom sua sponte summary judgment is to be entered ten days notice and an adequate opportunity to respond.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in order to establish a protectable liberty interest, the plaintiff must demonstrate ... that the defendants publicly and voluntarily disclosed stigmatizing charges or information....”
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.