Palka v. Shelton’s Empirical Analysis
623 F.3d 447 · 2010
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · County of Sacramento v. Lewis · Kernats v. O'Sullivan
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An occupational-liberty claim may arise when, after an adverse employment action, a public employer stigmatizes the employee by making public comments impugning his good name, honor, or reputation or imposes a stigma that forecloses other employment opportunities.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless the employee also alleges the defendants violated some other constitutional right or that state remedies were inadequate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[E]mployment-related rights are not fundamental.”
2 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.