Louis Kujawski v. Board of Commissioners of Bartholomew County, Indiana, and Bartholomew County Community Corrections Department’s Empirical Analysis

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22 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) an express policy, that, when enforced, causes a constitutional deprivation; (2) a widespread practice that, although not authorized by written law or express municipal policy, is so permanent and well settled as to constitute a “custom or usage” with the force of law; or (3) an allegation that the constitutional injury was caused by a person with final policymaking authority.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 327 F. Supp. 2d 937 - O'SULLIVAN v. City of Chicago · 611 F. Supp. 2d 849 - Michael v. CITY OF GRANITE CITY, ILL.

2. “an express policy causing the loss, a widespread practice constituting custom or usage that caused the loss, or causation of loss by a person with final policy-making authority.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 761 F. Supp. 2d 808 - Cooley v. Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago · 416 F. Supp. 2d 628 - Waters v. City of Chicago

3. “[t]here must be a delegation of authority to set policy for hiring and firing,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 699 F. Supp. 2d 1066 - Goetz v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, ILL. · 290 F. Supp. 3d 852 - Aku v. Chi. Bd. of Educ.