Frito-Lay, Inc. v. Willoughby’s Empirical Analysis
863 F.2d 1029 · 1988
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 23 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 200 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably Street v. Jc Bradford & Company (1989), Interroyal Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Ralph H. Sponseller, and Superior Roll-Forming Company, Inc., an Ohio Corporation (1989)
40 federal appellate · 23 district · 1 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 7 U.S.C. § 499A (Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act) · 7 U.S.C. § 499B · 7 U.S.C. § 499G
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · Laningham v. United States Navy
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 200 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trial court no longer has the duty to search the entire record to establish that it is bereft of a genuine issue of material fact.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When a motion for summary judgment is made and supported as provided in this rule, an adverse party may not rest upon the mere allegations or denials of the adverse party’s pleading, but the adverse party’s response, by affidavits or as otherwise provided in this rule, must set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In our view, the plain language of Rule 56(c) mandates the entry of summary judgment, after adequate time for discovery and upon motion, 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.”
4 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.