Davis v. Illinois Central Railroad’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 616 · 1991
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Trevino v. Celanese Corp. · Washington v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. · Fowler Butane Gas Co. v. Varner
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that there is no genuine issue of material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
14 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.