Wolf v. Larson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 federal appellate ·

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

1. “decide whether the record shows that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to the judgment as a matter of law.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Neece v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. · State Farm Fire And, Casualty Company v. Dennis P. Summerfield and William E. Miles

2. “As the Seventh Circuit recently stated, To have a property interest in a benefit, a person clearly must have more than an abstract need or desire for it. He must have more than a unilateral expectation of it. He must, instead, have a legitimate claim of entitlement to it. It is a purpose of the ancient institution of property to protect those claims upon which people rely in their daily lives, reliance that must not be arbitrarily undermined. It is a purpose of the constitutional right to a hearing to provide an opportunity for a person to vindicate those claims.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 734 F. Supp. 346 - Marvin v. King · 739 F. Supp. 1268 - Colburn v. Trustees of Indiana University

3. “are defined by existing rules or understandings that stem from an independent source such as state law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Warren v. Stone