960 So. 2d 99 - Blackledge v. Font’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Smith v. OUR LADY OF LAKE HOSP. · 455 So. 2d 1364 - Harris v. Pizza Hut of Louisiana, Inc. · 328 So. 2d 367 - Cates v. Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc. · 752 So. 2d 762 - Posecai v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The burden of proof remains with the movant. However, if the movant will not bear the burden of proof at trial on the matter that is before the court on the motion for summary judgment, the movant's burden on the motion does not require him to negate all essential elements of the adverse party's claim, action, or defense, but rather to point out to the court that there is an absence of factual support for one or more elements essential to the adverse party's claim, action, or defense. Thereafter, if the adverse party fails to produce factual support sufficient to establish that he will be able to satisfy his evidentiary burden of proof at trial, there is no genuine issue of material fact.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to material fact, and that mover is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dennis v. Rodriguez
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.