57 Cited authorities

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

    477 U.S. 317 (1986)   Cited 216,328 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"
  2. Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.

    473 U.S. 432 (1985)   Cited 9,707 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that mental disability is not a quasi-suspect class
  3. McDonald v. City of Chicago

    561 U.S. 742 (2010)   Cited 2,281 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Second Amendment applies to the states, through incorporation under the Fourteenth Amendment
  4. Hunt v. Washington Apple Advertising Comm'n

    432 U.S. 333 (1977)   Cited 4,437 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that North Carolina's statute banning state grading of apples was discriminatory even though six other states also had no state grading
  5. Plyler v. Doe

    457 U.S. 202 (1982)   Cited 3,014 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that States cannot deny to illegal aliens the free public education they provide to citizens and legally documented aliens
  6. Bray v. Alexandria Clinic

    506 U.S. 263 (1993)   Cited 1,115 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the proposition that the defendants’ "class-based animus [could] be determined solely by effect" was "[not] supportable"
  7. McBurney v. Young

    569 U.S. 221 (2013)   Cited 544 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Virginia Freedom of Information Act did not violate the Privileges and Immunities Clause
  8. Shapiro v. Thompson

    394 U.S. 618 (1969)   Cited 2,288 times
    Holding a federal law that applied to residents of the District of Columbia violated the right to travel
  9. Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.

    397 U.S. 137 (1970)   Cited 1,700 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding that where a statute addresses "a legitimate local public interest, and its effects on interstate commerce are only incidental, it will be upheld unless the burden imposed on such commerce is clearly excessive in relation to the putative local benefits"
  10. Dunn v. Blumstein

    405 U.S. 330 (1972)   Cited 1,519 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding unlawful a state law permitting only residents who have lived in state for one year to vote
  11. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 328,775 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit