Vinyard v. King’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 8 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the very broad language of Nation that purports to recognize such a right in employment cases is at most dicta.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carnes v. Parker · Carnes v. Parker

2. “In short, the difficulty in determining whether plaintiff in the case before us has a property right exists not because of an unclear standard, but because the precise set of facts posed here have not been addressed by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. We do not in any way minimize how difficult it may be to apply the law to the facts, but abstention is inappropriate on this basis. Under such circumstances the district court may not abdicate its duty to adjudicate the matter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lillard v. Delaware State Hospital for the Chronically Ill

3. “First, there must be uncertain issues of state law underlying the federal constitutional claims brought in the federal court. Second, these state law issues must be amenable to an interpretation by the state courts that would obviate the need for or substantially narrow the scope of the adjudication of the constitutional claims. And third, it must appear that an erroneous decision of state law by the federal court would be disruptive of important state policies.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Oklahoma, Ex Rel. Commissioners of the Land Office