Demers v. Austin’s Empirical Analysis
746 F.3d 402 · 2014
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Connick v. Myers · Garcetti v. Ceballos
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“defendants had a sufficient interest in controlling or sanctioning [plaintiff’s speech] to deprive it of its First Amendment protection,” whether the plaintiff’s speech was “a substantial or motivating factor in any adverse employment action,” and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.