Sousa v. Roque’s Empirical Analysis
578 F.3d 164 · 2009
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Connick v. Myers · Garcetti v. Ceballos · Ruotolo v. City of New York
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a speaker's motive is not dispositive in determining whether his or her speech addresses a matter of public concern.” 578 F.3d at 173 . Thus, the Court held that”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“speech on a purely private matter, such as an employee's dissatisfaction with the conditions of his employment, does not pertain to a matter of public concern,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it does not follow that a person motivated by a personal grievance cannot be speaking on a matter of public concern.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.