Phillips v. Calhoun’s Empirical Analysis
956 F.2d 949 · 1992
Citation profile
70 federal appellate · 62 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 232 later decisions — most recently October 2024 · most notably Thomas Usc v. Wichita Coca-Cola Bottling Company (1992), Atlantic Richfield Company v. The Farm Credit Bank of Wichita Stanley a Mollerstuen (2000)
70 federal appellate · 62 district · 2 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 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Andrijevic v. Kelleran · Applied Genetics International, Inc. v. First Affiliated Securities, Inc. · Ward v. Sentry Title Co. · Evers v. General Motors Corp.
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 232 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] litigant who fails to press a point by supporting it with pertinent authority, or by showing why it is sound despite a lack of supporting authority or in the face of contrary authority, forfeits the point”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“Unsubstantiated allegations carry no probative weight in summary judgment proceedings.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“`Rule 56(e) ... [then] requires the nonmoving party to 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.'”
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.