Watson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 656 So. 2d 790 - Palmer v. Anderson Infirmary Benevolent Ass'n · 515 So. 2d 678 - Galloway v. Travelers Ins. Co. · 516 So. 2d 488 - Phillips by and Through Phillips v. Hull · Magee v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line · 680 So. 2d 214 - Travis v. Stewart
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To have power to generate a genuine issue of material fact,' the `affidavit or otherwise' (e.g., depositions and answers to interrogatories) must: (1) be sworn; (2) be made upon personal knowledge; and (3) show that the party providing the factual evidence is competent to testify.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a party who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thomas v. Jones“nonmoving party's claim must be supported by more than a mere scintilla of colorable evidence; it must be evidence upon which a fair-minded jury could return a favorable verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.