461 F. Supp. 2d 786 - Thomas v. Walton’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Anderson v. Creighton · Estelle v. Gamble · Farmer v. Brennan
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“failed to produce any evidence that his alleged protected speech was a substantial, motivating factor for the alleged retaliation”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.