Cortez v. Skol’s Empirical Analysis
776 F.3d 1046 · 2015
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Farmer v. Brennan · Knievel v. ESPN · Doe ex rel. Doe v. New York City Department of Social Services · Qualls v. Blue Cross Of California · Lynn Hervey v. Coral Estes
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An issue of material fact is genuine if there is sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to return a verdict for the non-moving party.”
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.