Gillette v. Delmore’s Empirical Analysis
886 F.2d 1194 · 1989
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Gillette v. Delmore (1992), Ting v. United States (1991)
36 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Connick v. Myers · Rankin v. McPherson · Zaldivar v. City of Los Angeles
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Speech that can fairly be considered as relating to any matter of political, social, or other concern to the community is constitutionally protected.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any adversely affected interest of [her public employer] in promoting efficient delivery of public services.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“impair[ed] discipline by superiors or harmony among coworkers, ha[d] a detrimental impact on close working relationships for which personal loyalty and confidence are necessary, or impede[d] the successful operation of the [fire] department.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Frank Peterson Priscilla Peterson, Husband and Wife v. Minidoka County School District No. 331, a Body Corporate and Politic of the State of Idaho, Frank Peterson Priscilla Peterson, Husband and Wife v. Minidoka County School District No. 331, a Body Corporate and Politic of the State of Idaho · Peterson
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.