Kramer v. Unitas’s Empirical Analysis
831 F.2d 994 · 1987
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently February 2023 · most notably Walker v. Darby (1990), Spence v. Zimmerman (1989)
7 federal appellate ·
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 15 U.S.C. § 780 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Ingraham v. Wright · Liegl v. Webb
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“However, the holding of that case has little application to the instant case as the facts differ significantly. Unitas performed as a spokesman in radio spots for a mortgage/investment broker. In the commercials, Unitas identified himself as a famous football player and introduced his “friends at First Fidelity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Rule 56(c) mandates the entry of summary judgment ... against a party who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to the party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Spence v. Zimmerman“[T]he mere existence of some alleged factual dispute between the parties will not defeat an otherwise properly supported motion for summary judgment; the requirement is that there be no genuine issue of material fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Spence v. Zimmerman
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.