Dresher v. Burt’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
8,604 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8,607 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably Vahila v. Hall (1997), Zivich v. Mentor Soccer Club, Inc. (1998)
8,604 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 Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Harless v. Willis Day Warehousing Co. · Gregory Lumber Co. v. United States · Mitseff v. Wheeler
Cited together with Temple v. Wean United, Inc. · Village of Grafton v. Ohio Edison Co. · Harless v. Willis Day Warehousing Co. · Mitseff v. Wheeler · Smiddy v. Wedding Party, Inc.
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 8,607 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) No genuine issue as to any material fact remains to be litigated; (2) the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law; and (3) it appears from the evidence that reasonable minds can come to but one conclusion, and viewing such evidence most strongly in favor of the party against whom the motion for summary judgment is made, that conclusion is adverse to that party.”
428 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“may not rest upon the mere allegations or denials of the party's pleadings, but the party's response, by affidavit or as otherwise provided in this rule, must set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.”
392 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[T]he moving party bears the initial responsibility of informing the trial court of the basis for the motion, and identifying those portions of the record which demonstrate the absence of a genuine issue of fact on a material element of the nonmoving party's claim.”
282 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.