Lowe v. Amerigas, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “Any employer ... who subjects any employee to discipline or discharge on account of the exercise by such employee of rights guaranteed by the first amendment to the United States Constitution or section 3, 4 or 14 of article first of the Constitution of the state, provided such activity does not substantially or materially interfere with the employee’s bona fide job performance or the working relationship between the employee and the employer, shall be liable to such employee for damages caused by such discipline or discharge, including punitive damages, and for reasonable attorney’s fees as part of the costs of any such action for damages ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 162 F. Supp. 2d 19 - Downing v. West Haven Board of Ed.

2. “[a] plaintiff must show: (1) that []he engaged in protected speech, (2) that [ ]he was disciplined or fired because of that speech, and (3) that such speech did not substantially or materially interfere with [his] bona fide job performance or with [his] working relationship with her employer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 973 F. Supp. 2d 141 - Burns v. Department of Public Safety