Mirabella v. Villard’s Empirical Analysis
853 F.3d 641 · 2017
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Creighton · Pearson v. Callahan · Hope v. Pelzer · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · Ward v. Rock Against Racism
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there was 'a threat, coercion, or intimidation, intimating that punishment, sanction, or adverse regulatory action [would] follow.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[she engaged in] constitutionally protected conduct, (2) [there was] retaliatory action sufficient to deter a person of ordinary firmness from exercising [her] constitutional rights, and (3) [there was] a causal link between the constitutionally protected conduct and the retaliatory action.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless a plaintiff pleads facts showing (1) that the official violated a statutory or constitutional right, and (2) that the right was 'clearly established' at the time of the challenged conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Noonan v. Kane
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.