Pierce v. Cotuit Fire District’s Empirical Analysis
741 F.3d 295 · 2014
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 31 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Higgins v. New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. · Gram v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · Santa Padilla-Garcia v. Jose Guillermo Rodriguez Municipality of Mayaguez · Harrison v. NetCentric Corp.
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“constru[es] the record in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party and resolv[es] all reasonable inferences in that party's favor.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“may subsequently avoid liability 'by proffering a legitimate, nonretaliatory reason for the adverse action.'”
3 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.