Abbott v. Pastides’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “prospective relief against ongoing or imminent First Amendment violations”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Deal v. Mercer Cnty. Bd. of Educ. · Elizabeth Deal v. Mercer County Board of Ed.

2. “must establish an ongoing or future injury in fact.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Overbey v. Mayor of Baltimore · O'Connell v. City of New Bern

3. “[f]reedom of speech needs breathing space to survive.... And vigilant protection of [f]irst [a]mendment rights is nowhere more vital than at public universities, which are peculiarly the marketplace of ideas.... For those reasons... policies that formally or informally suppress protected expression at public universities raise serious [f]irst * [a]mendment concerns.... And while we are mindful of universities' obligations to address serious discrimination and harassment against their students, we also are attentive to the dangers of stretching policies beyond their purpose to stifle debate, enforce dogma, or punish dissent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Haughwout v. Tordenti