Doe v. Baum’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “all of this external pressure ... provides a backdrop that, when combined with other circumstantial evidence of bias in [the plaintiff's] specific proceeding, gives rise to a plausible claim”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. John Doe v. Purdue Univ. · 355 F. Supp. 3d 646 - Z.J. v. Vanderbilt Univ.

2. “(1) if a student is accused of misconduct, the university must hold some sort of hearing before imposing a sanction as serious as expulsion or suspension, and (2) when the university's determination turns on the credibility of the accuser, the accused, or witnesses, that hearing must include an opportunity for cross-examination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 362 F. Supp. 3d 1001 - Norris v. University Of Colorado, Boulder

3. “of sexual assault and the harshness of the sanctions it imposed because it was a defendant in a lawsuit brought by a student who alleged that she would not have been assaulted if the university had expelled her attacker for prior offenses. Id . After considering these allegations, the Court of Appeals concluded that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 355 F. Supp. 3d 646 - Z.J. v. Vanderbilt Univ.