Farmer v. Brennan’s Empirical Analysis
81 F.3d 1444 · 1996
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably Grayson v. O'Neill (2002), Babcock v. White (1996)
26 federal appellate · 2 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Farmer v. Brennan · City of Canton v. Harris · First Chicago International v. United Exchange 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This Court has noted that the party seeking further time to respond to a summary judgment motion must give an adequate explanation to the court of the reasons why the extension is necessary.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When a party is unable to gather the materials required by Rule 56(e), the proper course is to move for a continuance under Rule 56(f) [now Rule 56(d) ].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As is true for most matters relating to discovery, the district court has substantial discretion in ruling on a [ Rule 56(d) ] motion.”
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.