Deutsch v. Jordan’s Empirical Analysis

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12 federal appellate · 7 district ·

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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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he speaker's having a highly personal motive for a disclosure does not necessarily mean that the speech is not a matter of public concern.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Butler v. Bd. of Cnty. Com'Rs for San Miguel Cnty. · 360 F. Supp. 3d 1177 - Sinfuego v. Curry Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners

2. “[t]his circuit's precedents have not explicitly adopted a per se rule,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Helget v. City of Hays · Butler v. Bd. of Cnty. Com'Rs for San Miguel Cnty.

3. “third, the court must determine whether the employee’s interest in commenting on the issue outweighs the interest of the state as employer; fourth, the employee must show that his speech was a substantial factor or a motivating factor in a detrimental employment decision; and fifth, if the employee establishes that his speech was such a factor, the employer may demonstrate that it would have taken the same action against the employee even in the absence of the protected speech.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 453 F. App'x 811 - Field v. Board of Water Commissioners