Spierer v. Rossman’s Empirical Analysis
798 F.3d 502 · 2015
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“come forward with specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“submit an affidavit or declaration requesting the court to defer or deny judgment in order to allow for appropriate discovery to address matters raised by the motion. Here, the plaintiffs took an unusual course of action: they responded to the motion and filed a declaration under Rule 56(d) ...”
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.