Robinson v. Pezzat’s Empirical Analysis
818 F.3d 1 · 2016
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Graham v. Connor · Pearson v. Callahan
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“examine the facts in the record and all reasonable inferences derived therefrom in a light most favorable to the nonmoving party.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]lthough a jury might ultimately decide to credit the version of the events described by the defendants over that offered by the plaintiff, this is not a basis upon which a court may rest in granting a motion for summary judgment.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This mode of analysis serves to separate the 'jury functions' of making '[c]redibility determinations, ... weighing ... the evidence, and ... drawing ... legitimate inferences from the facts' from the district court's role as the arbiter of legal questions.”
2 later decisions 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.