Wehlage v. Quinlan’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
October 2022
most recently cited
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Most-quoted passages
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“(i) running for public office, (ii) campaigning for a candidate for public office, or (iii) participating in fund-raising activities for the benefit of a candidate, political party or political advocacy group.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“undisputed that plaintiff did not engage in any [protected] political activities”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.