Morin v. Tormey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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

1. “: These are that the employee is (1) exempt from civil service protection, (2) has some technical competence or expertise, (3) controls others, (4) is authorized to speak in the name of policymakers, (5) is perceived as a policymaker by the public, (6) influences government programs, (7) has contact with elected officials, and (8) is responsive to partisan politics and political leaders. Id. (citing Vezzetti v. Pellegrini , 22 F.3d 483 , 486 (2d Cir. 1994) ); see also Butler v. N.Y. State Dep't of Law , 211 F.3d 739 , 744 (2d Cir. 2000) (noting the Vezzetti factors are”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Reeves v. City of Yonkers

2. “did not initiate the expression of any views, nor did [they] volunteer comments on any issues, whether of public or private citizen concern. [They] just said, ‘No.’ ” Id. at 44 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Emp. Bargaining Agent Coalition v. Rowland

3. “affiliation (or non-affiliation), not whether [they] could be retaliated against based on any protected speech,” and the case is therefore”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Emp. Bargaining Agent Coalition v. Rowland