Joseph Locurto v. Howard Safir Commissioner of the New York City’s Empirical Analysis

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58 federal appellate · 23 district · 4 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 207 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]here a more specific intent is actually an element of the plaintiff's claim as defined by clearly established law, it can never be objectionably reasonable for a government official to act with the intent is prohibited by law.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Forras v. Andros · 376 F. Supp. 3d 232 - Nicholas v. Bratton

2. “`strikes a balance between the need, on one hand, to hold responsible public officials exercising their power in a wholly unjustified manner and, on the other hand, to shield officials responsibly attempting to perform their public duties in good faith from having to explain their actions to the satisfaction of a jury.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Poe v. Leonard · Finch v. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN

3. “An Article 78 proceeding permits a petitioner to submit affidavits and other written evidence, and where a material issue of fact is raised, have a trial of the disputed issue, including constitutional claims. Petitioners proceeding under Article 78 may raise claims that the agency adjudicator was biased and prejudged the outcome, that the determination was slanted by the adjudicator’s refusal to recuse herself, or that ex parte communications with other officials may have infected the adjudicator’s ruling....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 439 F. Supp. 2d 268 - Sindone v. Kelly · 351 F. Supp. 3d 410 - Marentette v. City of Canandaigua