Morrison v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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

1. “a public employee plaintiff is required to show that the defendants' action had an actual chilling effect.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Zelnik v. Fashion Institute of Technology · Zelnik v. Fashion Institute of Technology

2. “[w]here the plaintiff is a public employee alleging that he suffered an adverse employment action as retaliation for the exercise of his First Amendment rights, ... a plaintiff must initially show that (1) the speech at issue was made as a citizen on matters of public concern rather than as an employee on matters of personal interest, ... (2) he or she suffered an adverse employment action, ... and (3) the speech was at least a substantial or motivating factor in the [adverse employment action] ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Zelnik v. Fashion Institute of Technology

3. “[plaintiff-appellant's] brief on appeal contains no argument as to why the court's dismissal of any of her equal protection claims was incorrect .... we regard any challenge to the dismissal of [these claims] as abandoned”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Universal Church v. Geltzer