869 So. 2d 397 - Davis v. Hoss’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
70 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 762 So. 2d 302 - Miller v. Meeks · Richmond v. Benchmark Const. Corp. · 733 So. 2d 261 - Carr v. Town of Shubuta · 732 So. 2d 204 - Robinson v. Singing River Hosp. System · Sarris v. Smith
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hen a party, opposing summary judgment on a claim or defense as to which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial, fails to make a showing sufficient to establish an essential element of the claim or defense, then all other facts are immaterial, and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage“The evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“We employ a de novo standard of review of a [circuit] court's grant or denial of summary judgment and examine all the evidentiary matters before it.”
2 later decisions 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.