Meadows v. Fain’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 2006
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Flanders v. Crane Co. · Frazier v. Bryan Memorial Hospital Authority · Martin v. Chapel, Wilkinson, Riggs, and Abney · Cacy v. Cacy · Fibikowski v. Fibikowski
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"summary judgment is appropriate only when review, all inferences and conclusions to be drawn from the underlying facts should be viewed in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sedbrook v. Rouse
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.