Ramos v. Carbajal’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Terry v. Ohio · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Florida v. Royer
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.
“With respect to activities on government property, the Constitution does not require “the Government freely to grant access to all who wish to exercise their right to free speech on every type of Government property without regard to the nature of the property or to the disruption that might be caused by the speaker’s activities.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Griffin v. Bryant“uncertain how it could analyze [plaintiff's] claim as anything but a claim for retaliation, going on to find the officer was entitled to qualified immunity against that single claim. Id. The Court finds Ramos distinguishable, and inadequate to establish that Westminster is "entitled to judgment as a matter of law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“uncertain how it could analyze [plaintiff's] claim as anything but a claim for retaliation, going on to find the officer was entitled to qualified immunity against that single claim. Id. The Court finds Ramos distinguishable, and inadequate to establish that Westminster is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.