538 F. Supp. 437 - Bier v. Fleming’s Empirical Analysis
1981
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Perry v. Sindermann · Carey v. Piphus · Boddie v. Connecticut · Armstrong v. Manzo
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“state employee in a position of considerable authority,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bier v. Fleming“by action taken by said commission on August 24, 1977.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bier v. Fleming
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.