Lyons v. Vaught’s Empirical Analysis
781 F.3d 958 · 2015
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Garcetti v. Ceballos · 134 S. Ct. 2369 - Lane v. Franks · Gagliardi v. Sullivan · Ambrose v. Township of Robinson
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the employees are not speaking as citizens for First Amendment purposes, and the Constitution does not insulate their communications from employer discipline”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Groenewold v. Kelley“he engaged in activity protected by the First Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Groenewold v. Kelley
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.