Richards v. Harper’s Empirical Analysis
864 F.2d 85 · 1988
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably Shaw v. Dow Brands, Inc. (1993), Steven M. Desrosiers v. John J. Moran (1991)
22 federal appellate · 2 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 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1442 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447 · 28 U.S.C. § 1448 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Finn · Scharffe v. Perkins
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“articulate his claims pro se in light: of the complexity of the legal issues involved,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We do not supply essential elements of a claim that were not initially pleaded.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“go beyond the pleadings and by her own affidavits, or by the 'depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file,' designate 'specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Farley v. Henderson
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.