Roberts v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis
468 F.3d 963 · 2006
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently May 2022
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Perry v. Sindermann
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]upervisors and managers are expected to communicate and monitor standards of employee conduct and appearance that will provide a professional, positive, and safe environment for employees, guests, and vendors.... Due to business needs, many employees may be required to wear furnished uniforms or conform to appropriate levels of dress, grooming, and hygiene standards for their work situation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Roberts v. Ward“by virtue of their job status. Id. Because constructive criticism of the government can be a legitimate matter of concern to its citizens, these types of statements can be protected against retaliatory conduct from supervisors if they do not primarily involve comments about employment that are personal in nature. Id. at 83 , 125 S.Ct. 521 (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Roberts v. Ward“tattoo on his arm, which commemorates his service in the United States Navy. Id. Several days after their termination, the Plaintiffs' supervisor, John Troxell, resigned in protest. The Plaintiffs brought suit, challenging the appearance policy and the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Roberts v. Ward
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.