8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 59 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 May v. Segovia.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May v. Segovia Anchor | green | “once the moving party has identified a lack of a genuine issue of material fact, the nonmoving party has the burden to cite to specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.” | 15 |
| 2 | Cooperman v. David | green | “a mere factual dispute will not preclude summary judgment; instead there must be a genuine issue of material fact.” | 10 |
| 3 | Johnson v. City of Bountiful | green | “the burden then shifts to the non-movant to make a showing sufficient to establish that there is a genuine issue of material fact regarding the existence of that element.” | 9 |
| 4 | Johnson v. City of Bountiful | green | “initial burden to demonstrate an absence of evidence to support an essential element of the non-movant's case.” | 8 |
| 5 | Genaro Lopez v. Kenneth Lemaster, Individually and as Sheriff of Jackson County | green | “go beyond the pleadings and 'set forth specific facts' that would be admissible in evidence in the event of a trial from which a rational trier of fact could find for the nonmovant.” | 5 |
| 6 | Johnson v. City of Bountiful | green | “an absence of evidence to support an essential element of the non-movant's case.” | 5 |
| 7 | Brown v. Sikes | green | “appellate courts have acknowledged the difficulties faced by a prisoner in identifying alleged wrongdoers before filing a complaint.” | 4 |
| 8 | Yu Kikumura v. Osagie | green | “satisfies 1997e(a)'s exhaustion requirement so long as it provides prison officials with enough information to investigate and address the inmate's complaint internally.” | 3 |
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