Johnson v. Cushing’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions

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

1. “the Hatch Act, while it applies to persons presently employed by the State Department of Economic Security, does not apply to persons who have been granted leaves of absence, or who have a statutory right to secure upon demand leaves of absence from the Department for the purpose of running for partisan political office.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 666 F. Supp. 1305 - Minnesota, Department of Jobs & Training v. United States Merit Systems Protection Board · State of Minnesota Department of Jobs and Training v. Merit Systems Protection Board

2. “Plaintiff also asserts a right to run for office. This Court is asked to determine whether there is a constitutional right to run for political office; it is not asked to determine the importance of the right. Therefore, this Court makes no determination one way or the other regarding whether the right to run is fundamental; fundamental or not, it is a federal Constitutional right.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Painter v. Graley