Orsi’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 26 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 97 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably Carmona v. Toledo (2000), Cray Communications, Inc. v. Novatel Computer System, Inc. (1994)
3 federal appellate · 26 district ·
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
Relies on Hal Roach Studios, Inc. v. Richard Feiner & Co. · Markowitz v. Northeast Land Co. · Hooks v. Hooks · Farina v. Mission Investment Trust · Martz v. Union Labor Life Insurance
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 97 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[ujnsworn, unauthentieated documents cannot be considered on a motion for summary judgment. To be admissible at the summary judgment stage, documents must be authenticated by and attached to an affidavit that meets the requirements of Rule 56(e)-that the documents be admissible in evidence.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well established that unsworn, unauthenticated documents cannot be considered on a motion for summary' judgment”); Planmatics, Inc. v. Showers, 137 F.Supp.2d 616, 620 (D.Md.2001) (”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Fed.R.Civ.P. 56 prescribes specific procedures to be followed in submitting evidence for or against a summary judgment motion. These procedures help assure the fair and prompt disposition of cases. They ensure further that neither side in a dispute can unfairly surprise the other with evidence that the other has not had time to consider. They also allow a district court to ascertain, through criteria designed to insure reliability and veracity, that a party has real proof of a claim before proceeding to trial.”
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.