Blake v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. · Danco, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Bowen v. Department of Human Services · 923 F. Supp. 275 - Nelson v. University of Maine System · Doyle v. Department of Human Services
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. Discrimination prohibited. No employer may discharge, threaten or otherwise discriminate against an employee ... because: A. The employee, acting in good faith ... reports orally or in writing to the employer or a public body what the employee has reasonable cause to believe is a violation of a law or rule adopted under the laws of this State, a political subdivision of this State or the United States; [or] C. The employee is requested to participate in an investigation, hearing or inquiry held by that public body, or in a court action....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.