Cooksey v. Futrell’s Empirical Analysis
721 F.3d 226 · 2013
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Allen v. Wright · Califano v. Sanders · Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[g]overnment action will be sufficiently chilling when it is likely to deter a person of ordinary firmness from the exercise of First Amendment rights.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the appropriate timing of judicial intervention,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“sufficient showing of self-censorship, which occurs when a claimant is chilled from exercising his right to free expression.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kenny v. Wilson · Carcaño v. Cooper
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.