1st Westco Corporation v. School District of Philadelphia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “General authority to enforce the laws of the state is not sufficient to make government officials the proper parties to litigation challenging the law.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jane Doe v. Dewine · Durham v. Martin

2. “Rather, it is only appropriate to allow a state official to be named in a suit based on his general duties where there is a “real, not ephemeral, likelihood or realistic potential that the connection will be employed against the plaintiffs interests.” This requirement is consistent with Young, where the Minnesota Attorney General had already commenced proceedings to enforce the challenged statute.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 988 F. Supp. 2d 603 - Harris v. McDonnell · Lytle v. Griffith

3. “[i]f we were to allow [joinder of] Commonwealth Officials in this lawsuit based on their general obligation to enforce the laws of the Commonwealth, we would quickly approach the nadir of the slippery slope; each state's high policy officials would be subject to defend every suit challenging the constitutionality of any state statute, no matter how attenuated his or her connection to it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School v. Commonwealth of PA, Department of Education · 501 F. Supp. 2d 671 - Lewis Ex Rel. Young v. Rendell