Spurlock v. Whitley’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. Sullivan · Street v. Jc Bradford & Company · Guarino v. Brookfield Township Trustees · Chrysler Corporation v. Fedders Corporation Sa
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where no response to a summary judgment motion is properly before a district court, the court is under no duty to “search the entire record to establish that it is bereft of a genuine issue of material fact.” Rather, the district court may rely- upon the facts advanced by the movant. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(e) requires that the nonmoving party’s" response designate specific facts demonstrating the existence of genuine issues of material fact. The nonmoving party is deemed to-have waived its‘opportunity to designate facts in accordance with Rule 56(e) when it fails to properly file a response. This court has stated that it is not the role of the district ■ court to ■ develop facts for the nonmoving party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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