Marshall II’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Vaca v. Sipes · DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc. · Ford Motor Co v. Huffman International Union United Automobile Aircraft and Agricultural Implementworkers of America Ci · Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. O'Neill
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A federal district court may grant summary judgment, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56, sua sponte, provided that the party against whom judgment will be entered was given sufficient advance notice and an adequate opportunity to demonstrate why summary judgment should not be grant-ed_ The granting of summary judgment sua sponte is consistent with the expeditious disposition of cases, a primary objective of Rule 56.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]o prevail against either the company or the Union, ... [employee-plaintiffs] must not only show that their discharge was contrary to the contract but must also carry the burden of demonstrating breach of duty by the Union.”
1 later decision 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.