Pearson v. Vaugh’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · United States v. Diebold, Inc. · Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · Houston v. Lack
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[c]onclusory statements in affidavits about the existence of facts do not provide the kind of evidence required to successfully oppose summary judgment.” Astree v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, No. Civ. A. 98-118, 1999 WL 94621 , at (E.D. Pa. Jan. 8, 1999) (quoting Pearson v. Vaugh, 984 F.Supp. 315, 316 (E.D. Pa. 1997)). Instead, Plaintiff”
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.