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Golodner v. Berliner’s Empirical Analysis

770 F.3d 196 · 2014

Citation profile

21
cited by 21 later decisions
February 2025
most recently cited

4 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Pearson v. Callahan · Connick v. Myers · Duncan v. Walker

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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “‘[t]he speaker’s motive is a factor to consider but ‘is not dispositive in determining whether his or her speech addresses a matter of public concern.’ ” Golodner, 770 F.3d at 202 (quoting Sousa v. Roque, 578 F.3d 164, 173 (2d Cir.2009)).”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “[A]n individual motivated by a personal grievance[,] however, "can simultaneously speak on a matter affecting the public at large.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “effort to correct allegedly unlawful practices or bring them to public attention,”
    2 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.