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PPG Industries, Inc. v. Russell’s Empirical Analysis

887 F.2d 820 · 1989

Citation profile

cited by 48 later decisions

February 2001

most recently cited

37 federal appellate ·

How this case has been cited

Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently February 2001 · most notably New Burnham Prairie Homes, Inc. v. Village of Burnham (1990), Becker v. Tenenbaum-Hill Associates, Inc. (1990)

37 federal appellate ·

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. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Carnegie v. United States · Berry Estates, Inc. v. Regan · DeValk Lincoln Mercury, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.

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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“In examining the district court's grant of summary judgment, our duty is to review de novo the record and the controlling law.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. State Farm Fire And, Casualty Company v. Dennis P. Summerfield and William E. Miles · New Burnham Prairie Homes, Inc. v. Village of Burnham
“decide whether the record shows that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to the judgment as a matter of law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. State Farm Fire And, Casualty Company v. Dennis P. Summerfield and William E. Miles · TOWN OF SOUTH WHITLEY, WHITLEY COUNTY, INDIANA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CINCINNATI INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
“1) Words used in a contract must be given their common meaning unless, from the entire contract and its subject matter, it is clear that some other meaning was intended. 2) Words, phrases, sentences and paragraphs of a contract are not to be read alone; the intention of the parties must be gathered from the entire contract.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 129 F. Supp. 2d 1192 - Barnhill v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance

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.