Larson ex rel. Larson v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
76 F.3d 1446 · 1996
Citation profile
61 federal appellate · 15 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 147 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably Andrews v. Fowler (1996), Artis v. Francis Howell North Band Booster Ass'n (1998)
61 federal appellate · 15 district · 5 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 City of Canton v. Harris · Salve Regina College v. Russell · Hanrahan v. Hampton · Hampton v. Hanrahan · McKnight ex rel. Ludwig v. Johnson Controls, 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 147 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“deprived of having and exercising any right or privilege of a citizen of the United States.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A mere scintilla of evidence is inadequate to support a verdict, and judgment as a matter of law is proper when the record contains no proof beyond speculation to support the verdict.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) resolve direct factual conflicts in favor of the nonmovant, (2) assume as true all facts supporting the nonmovant which the evidence tended to prove, (3) give the nonmovant the benefit of all reasonable inferences, and (4) deny the motion if the evidence so viewed would allow reasonable jurors to differ as to the conclusions that could be drawn.”
4 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.