12 canonical passages across 12 cases, quoted by 559 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. Anchor | green | “credibility determinations, the weighing of the evidence, and the drawing of legitimate inferences from the facts are jury functions, not those of a judge.” | 294 |
| 2 | Ricci v. DeStefano | green | “on a motion for summary judgment, 'facts must be viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party only if there is a genuine dispute as to those facts.” | 48 |
| 3 | Smith v. Dorchester Real Estate, Inc. | green | “draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the non-moving party while ignoring conclusory allegations, improbable inferences, and unsupported speculation.” | 34 |
| 4 | 71 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 1398, 35 fed.r.serv.3d 395 Miguel Angel Ayala-Gerena v. Bristol Myers-Squibb Company, D/B/A Bristol Myers-Squibb | green | “conclusory allegations, improbable inferences and unsupported speculation.” | 26 |
| 5 | Hector Vega-Rodriguez v. Puerto Rico Telephone Company | green | “no genuine issue as to any material facts;” | 26 |
| 6 | Sands v. Ridefilm Corp. | green | “to affect the outcome of the suit under governing law.” | 25 |
| 7 | Vincent DeNOVELLIS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant, Appellee | green | “pierce the pleadings and to assess the proof in order to see whether there is a genuine need for trial.” | 25 |
| 8 | Johnson v. University of Puerto Rico | green | “a dispute is 'genuine' if the evidence about the fact is such that a reasonable jury could resolve the point in favor of the non-moving party.” | 20 |
| 9 | Rafaela Cortes-Irizarry v. Corporacin Insular De Seguros | green | “a trial worthy issue as to some material facts.” | 19 |
| 10 | Pullman-Standard v. Swint | green | “findings as to design, motive and intent with which men act are peculiarly factual issues for the trier of fact.” | 15 |
| 11 | Vera v. McHugh | green | “draws all reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the non-moving party ... we will not draw unreasonable inferences or credit bald assertions, empty conclusions or rank conjecture.” | 15 |
| 12 | Morales v. A.C. Orssleff's EFTF | green | “hearsay evidence, inadmissible at trial, cannot be considered on a motion for summary judgment.” | 12 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.