436 F. Supp. 2d 68 - Holman v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “requires that the government either have formally deprived one of a legal right ... or have so severely impaired one’s ability to take advantage of a legal right, such as a right to be considered for government contracts or employment or a right to seek non-government employment, that the government can be said to have ‘foreclosed’ one’s ability to take advantage of it and thus extinguished that right.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Hatfill v. Gonzales · 773 F. Supp. 2d 89 - Payne v. District of Columbia

2. “Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, unless specifically exempted from certain provisions, [Chapter 6, which includes the grievance procedures,] shall apply to all employees of the District of Columbia government, except the Chief Judges and Associate Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the nonjudicial personnel of said courts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 773 F. Supp. 2d 89 - Payne v. District of Columbia

3. “any matter under the control of the District government which impairs or adversely affects the interest, concern, or welfare of employees, but does not include adverse actions resulting in removals, suspension of 10 days or more, or reductions in grade, reductions in force or classification matters.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 773 F. Supp. 2d 89 - Payne v. District of Columbia