Livas v. Petka’s Empirical Analysis
711 F.2d 798 · 1983
Citation profile
69 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 109 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2017 · most notably Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois (1990), Arnaldo Jimenez Fuentes v. Honorable Jaime Torres Gaztambide (1986)
69 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Elrod v. Burns · Branti v. Finkel · Board of School Commissioners of City of Indianapolis v. Jacobs
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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“make some decisions that will actually create policy.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In sum, the ultimate inquiry is not whether the label “policymaker” or “confidential” fits a particular position; rather, the question is whether the hiring authority can demonstrate that party affiliation is an appropriate requirement for the effective performance of the public office involved.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“broad discretion to set whatever policies he or she believes necessary to protect the interest of that society,”
3 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.