Wynne v. Tufts University School of Medicine’s Empirical Analysis
976 F.2d 791 · 1992
Citation profile
99 federal appellate · 281 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 441 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably Calero-Cerezo v. United States Department of Justice (2004), McCarthy v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. (1995)
99 federal appellate · 281 district · 6 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 29 U.S.C. § 794
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · School Board of Nassau County Florida v. H Arline · Mesnick v. General Electric Co. · Medina-Munoz v. Rj Reynolds Tobacco Company · Garside v. Osco Drug, 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 441 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to pierce the boilerplate of the pleadings and assay the parties' proof in order to determine whether trial is actually required.”
22 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“carries with it the potential to affect the outcome of the suit under the applicable law.”
8 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.