Callaway v. Hafeman’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Parratt v. Taylor · Connick v. Myers · Wood v. Strickland
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n this case, the context and form of the speech leads to the inescapable conclusion that ... [Callaway's] concern was personal, not public.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Callaway v. Hafeman
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.