Harrison v. Byrd’s Empirical Analysis
765 F.2d 501 · 1985
Citation profile
21 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently March 2015 · most notably Phillips Oil Co. v. OKC Corp. (1987), Jersey Central Power & Light Co. v. Township of Lacey (1985)
21 federal appellate ·
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 Dixson v. United States · Credithrift of America, Inc. v. United States · Shillingford v. Holmes · Quillie B. Woodham v. The American Cystoscope Company of Pelham, N. Y., and the Xyz Corporation · Meadows v. Cohen
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law____”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“of a 'material and controlling nature' "?; and, 2) Would the evidence "have clearly produced a different result if presented to the court before the original judgment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“An order denying a motion under Rule 60(b) is final and appealable,”
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.