Bennie v. Munn’s Empirical Analysis
822 F.3d 392 · 2016
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is so inconsequential that even allowing a claim would trivialize the First Amendment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) he engaged in protected activity, (2) the government official[s] took adverse action against him that would chill a person of ordinary firmness from continuing in the activity, and (3) the adverse action was motivated at least in part by the exercise of the protected activity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Harrington v. Strong“'the threat ... 'of continued and heightened regulatory scrutiny' sometimes can have a chilling effect [on protected conduct], regardless of whether it ultimately results in sanctions being imposed.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.