Yahnke v. Kane County’s Empirical Analysis
823 F.3d 1066 · 2016
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Mathews v. Eldridge · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Elrod v. Burns
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.
“[T]o prevail in a First Amendment claim [based on political affiliation], it is sufficient for the plaintiffs to prove that they were dismissed solely for the reason that they were not affiliated with or sponsored by a particular political party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Daza v. State“(1) [his] speech was constitutionally protected; (2) [he] suffered a deprivation likely to deter free speech; and (3) [his] speech was at least a motivating factor in the employer's actions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
1 later decision 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.