Gutierrez v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
826 F.2d 1534 · 1987
Citation profile
188 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 574 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably Gafford v. General Electric Co. (1993), Moldowan v. City of Warren (2009)
188 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 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 28 U.S.C. § 1738 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Roe v. Wade · Allen v. McCurry · Griswold v. State of Connecticut
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 574 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the moving party has carried its burden of showing that the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, admissions and affidavits in the record, construed favorably to the nonmoving party, do not raise a genuine issue of material fact for trial, entry of summary judgment is appropriate.”
31 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“conspiracy claims must be pled with some degree of specificity and vague and conclusory allegations unsupported by material facts will not be sufficient to state a claim under Sec. 1983.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An appellate court applies the same test as used by the district court in reviewing a motion for summary judgment.”
3 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.