Gregory v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an immediate advisor with respect to the exercise of the constitutional or legal powers of [an] office.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gregory v. Ashcroft · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. New York

2. “any person chosen by such officer to be on such officer's personal staff”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gregory v. Ashcroft · Hemminghaus v. Missouri

3. “As a preliminary matter, we note that the District Court found [the Missouri state judges], initially appointed by the Governor and retained in office by a majority of the voters as required by the Missouri Plan, to be outside the ADEA’s exception for persons “elected to public office”. Although we are inclined to disagree with this aspect of the District Court’s decision, the Governor did not cross-appeal this issue, it was not briefed by either side, and it is not properly before us. We therefore express no opinion on this point, and shall assume for the balance of this opinion that state judges selected according to the Missouri Plan are appointed and not “elected” within the meaning of the ADEA.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hemminghaus v. Missouri