40 Fair Emplpraccas 1432 27 Wage & Hour Cas’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions — most recently September 2017 · most notably Berryman v. Rieger (1998), Phelps v. McClellan (1994)
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Foman v. Davis · Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Summary judgment may only be granted when the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, admissions and affidavits demonstrate 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. Rule 56(c), Fed.R.Civ.P. All facts and inferences to be drawn therefrom must be read in a light most favorable to the party opposing the motion. Smith v. Hudson, 600 F.2d 60, 63 (6th Cir.) cert. denied, 444 U.S. 986 [ 100 S.Ct. 495 , 62 L.Ed.2d 415 ] (1979).”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a party may amend the party's pleading only by leave of court or by written consent of the adverse party; and leave shall be freely given when justice so requires.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Phelps v. McClellan
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.