Brown v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis
835 F.3d 1223 · 2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 8102 · 5 U.S.C. § 8123
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · National Labor Relations Board v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · United States Department of State v. Ray
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[t]he filing of cross-motions for summary judgment does not necessarily concede the absence of a material issue of fact. This must be so because by the filing of a motion a party concedes that no issue of fact exists under the theory he is advancing, but he does not thereby so concede that no issues remain in the event his adversary's theory is adopted.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[e]ven where the parties file cross motions pursuant to Rule 56, summary judgment is inappropriate if disputes remain as to material facts.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fontenot v. Hunter“Accordingly, '[c]ross motions for summary judgment are to be treated separately; the denial of one does not require the grant of another.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fontenot v. Hunter
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.