Jordan v. Ector County’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 2 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the degree to which the employee’s activity involved a matter of public concern; (2) the time, place, and manner of the employee’s activity; (3) whether close working relationships are essential to fulfilling the employee’s public responsibilities and the potential effect of the employee’s activity on those relationships; (4) whether the employee’s activity may be characterized as hostile, abusive, or insubordinate; and (5) whether . the activity impairs discipline by superiors or harmony among coworkers.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 150 F. Supp. 3d 753 - Brown v. Leflore County · 904 F. Supp. 2d 569 - Petrie v. City of Grapevine

2. “the ruling from which he seeks to appeal, the notice of appeal is liberally construed and a jurisdictional defect will not be found if (1) there is a manifest intent to appeal the unmentioned ruling or (2) failure to designate the order does not mislead or prejudice the other party.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sindhi v. Raina

3. “Although the Supreme Court's decisions involve party affiliation, [the Fifth] Circuit has recognized that the Elrod - Branti doctrine [also] applies when an employment decision is based upon support of and loyalty to a particular candidate as distinguished from a political party.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 322 F. Supp. 3d 753 - Maldonado v. Rodriguez