Chainey v. Street’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 6 district · 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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To establish a substantive due process claim, a plaintiff must prove the particular interest at issue is protected by the substantive due process clause and the government's deprivation of that protected interest shocks the conscience.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kane v. Barger · Atkins v. Borough of Phoenixville, Michael Bauerly, David Boelker, E. Jean Krack Michael Speck, Phoenixville Police Dep't, William Mossman, Peco Energy Co.

2. “Deprivation [of a protected interest] violates due process only when it shocks the conscience, which encompasses only the most egregious official conduct.... While the meaning of the [shocks the conscience] standard varies depending upon factual context, merely alleging an improper motive is insufficient, even where the motive is unrelated to the merits of the underlying decision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 346 F. Supp. 3d 689 - Swanger v. Warrior Run Sch. Dist.

3. “encompasses 'only the most egregious official conduct.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Atkins v. Borough of Phoenixville, Michael Bauerly, David Boelker, E. Jean Krack Michael Speck, Phoenixville Police Dep't, William Mossman, Peco Energy Co.