Mancini v. Northampton County’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate ·

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

1. “Because the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, we must examine the record in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, giving [the plaintiff] the benefit of all reasonable inferences, even though contrary inferences might reasonably be drawn.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sköld v. Galderma Labs. L.P. · United States v. Baker

2. “the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party.” Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 , 106 S.Ct. 2505 , 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986). On a motion for summary judgment, “we view the - underlying facts and all reasonable inferences therefrom in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Romero v. Allstate Insurance Co. · Igwe v. Skaggs

3. “Except in emergency situations not present here, procedural due process requires that when the government seeks to discharge an employee who possess[es] a protected property interest in her job, 'it must afford notice and opportunity for hearing appropriate to the nature of the case before the termination becomes effective.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shaw v. Temple Univ.