Jones v. Heyman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 federal appellate · 4 district · 8 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he First Amendment does not guarantee persons the right to communicate their views at all times or in any manner that may be desired.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 332 F. Supp. 3d 1058 - Youkhanna v. City of Sterling Heights · Rowe v. City of Cocoa

2. “The use of profane language, personal attacks, slander, defamation, physical violence or threat thereof, which the chair determines is intended as a disruption, shall constitute a disturbance of the citizens’ forum. The chair may order the removal of any person causing a disturbance of a citizens’ forum or failing to comply with any lawful decision or order by the chair for the duration of the of the citizens’ forum or such lessor period as the chair may determine.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 536 F. Supp. 2d 857 - Kirkland v. Luken

3. “because the aldermen were not engaged in the process of making laws. We agree with the district court that the portion of the meeting when Hansen was thrown out was not a legislative session 12 A city meeting which includes legislative business is not necessarily a legislative session for all purposes and at all moments. The Eleventh Circuit has recognized that a portion of a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hansen v. Bennett