Drolett v. DeMarco’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
July 2013
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Pearson v. Callahan · Duncan v. Walker · SAUCIER v. KATZ Et Al. · Garcetti v. Ceballos · O'Bert v. Vargo
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Had [the plaintiff] raised his concerns within the chain of command, that speech likely would have been made ‘pursuant to [his] official duties,’ and therefore not protected by the First Amendment. The courts have yet to consider whether speech that would not enjoy First Amendment protection if made pursuant to an official duty can claim such protection when made- in violation of that duty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ricciuti v. Gyzenis
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.