David Chittister v. Department of Community and Economic Development’s Empirical Analysis
226 F.3d 223 · 2000
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Edelman v. Jordan · Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · City of Boerne v. Flores · Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Notably absent is any finding concerning the existence, much less the prevalence, in public employment of personal sick leave practices that amounted to intentional gender discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Eleventh Amendment immunity may be raised for the first time on appeal even if the state defended the merits of the suit in the district court”). 4 . Schacht , which states merely that a State can waive Eleventh Amendment immunity, does not clearly overrule Edelman's holding that the defense of immunity may be raised for the first time on appeal. In addition, as will be discussed, infra, the Sixth Circuit did not rely on Schacht as the basis for its statement. 5 . In the plurality opinion in Florida Dep’t of State , Justice Stevens noted that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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