Hafley v. Lohman’s Empirical Analysis
90 F.3d 264 · 1996
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 20 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably Springdale Education Ass'n v. Springdale School District (1998), Jenkins v. Medford (1997)
45 federal appellate · 20 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
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Hishon v. King & Spalding · Connick v. Myers · Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is clear that [the plaintiff's] interest in exposing an attempt to obstruct a criminal investigation into the handling of public funds outweighs the state's interest in the efficiency of its public services.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McVey v. Stacy“which will be upheld on a 12(b)(6) motion only when the immunity is established on the face of the complaint.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whisman v. Rinehart
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.