Bankhead v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Jones v. City of Gary · Sullivan v. City of Evansville · Lake County Trust Co. v. Jones · Austin v. Vanderburgh County Sheriff Merit Commission
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The United States Supreme Court has defined constitutionally protected 'property' in this context as 'a legitimate claim of entitlement'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The source of such entitlements is not to be found in the Constitution, but generally arises from a statute, ordinance, or contract.”
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.