Obst v. Microtron, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 10 district · 19 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he central question [was] whether the reports were made for the purpose of blowing the whistle, i.e., to expose an illegality.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chial v. Sprint/United Management Co. · Scarborough v. Federated Mut. Ins. Co.

2. “A whistleblower claim need not identify the specific law or rule that the employee suspects has been violated, so long as there is a federal or state law or rule adopted pursuant to law that is implicated by the employee’s complaint, the employee reported the violation or suspected violation in good faith, and the employee alleges facts that, if proven, would constitute a violation of law or rule adopted pursuant to law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 969 F. Supp. 2d 1118 - McCracken v. Carleton College

3. “in good faith, report[ ] a violation, suspected violation, or planned violation of any federal or state law or common law or rule adopted pursuant to law to an employer ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scarborough v. Federated Mut. Ins. Co.