Moore v. Ware’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 state decisions

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

1. “[n]o appeal shall be taken except upon these grounds.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 222 So. 3d 733 - Poiencot v. Lafayette Consolidated Government · LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLID. v. Chauvin

2. “[The] central meaning of procedural due process is well settled. Persons whose rights may be affected are entitled to be heard; and in order that they may enjoy that right, they must first be notified.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jones · 981 So. 2d 55 - Maggio v. Maggio

3. “The Due Process Clause provides that the right to life, liberty and property cannot be deprived except pursuant to constitutionally adequate procedures. U.S. Const. amend. XIV ; La. Const. Ann. art. X, § 8 (A). A due process claim in the context of civil service employment depends upon an employee having a property right in continued comparable employment. Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532 , 105 S.Ct. 1487 , 84 L.Ed.2d 494 (1985). Tenured or classified civil service status is a property right and cannot be taken away without due process. See La. Const. Ann. art. I, § 2 ; Wilson v. Jefferson Parish, 95-470 (La.App. 5 Cir. 1/17/96) , 668 So.2d 1167 , writ denied, 96-413 (La. 4/19/96), 671 So.2d 927 ; Bell v. Department of Health and Human Resources, 483 So.2d 945 (La.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 827 , 107 S.Ct. 105 , 93 L.Ed.2d 55 (1986). .... Due process is a flexible standard and calls for such procedural protections as the particular situation demands. Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471 , 92 S.Ct. 2593 , 33 L.Ed.2d 484 (1972). As the United States Supreme Court noted in Loudermill , " the right to due process is conferred not by legislative grace, but by constitutional guarantee ." Loudermill, 470 U.S. at 541 , 105 S.Ct. 1487 (quoting Arnett v. Kennedy, 416 U.S. 134 , 167, 94 S.Ct. 1633 , 40 L.Ed.2d 15 (1974) ). Although a state may establish certain statutory procedural safeguards to protect property rights, the safeguards may still be judged insuffic”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 243 So. 3d 79 - Hewitt v. Lafayette City-Parish Consol. Gov't