Burnham v. Ianni’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In June 1991, Sandra Featherman was appointed to the post of vice chancellor for [UMD], Shortly after her appointment was announced, Featherman began receiving threats. The threats were bizarre, graphic and frightening: The dogs are howling, they want blood. There are footsteps crunching on the forest floor — it’s the deer hunters coming. They’re after blood, too. It’s the same dream over and over. The deer hunters stalking — getting closer and closer, never giving up the hunt, never putting down their rifles. Overwhelmed by their desire to kill, Federman (sic) no Duluth stay away, we will kidnap you, the FBI can’t protect you. The deer hunters. At the same time that Featherman was being threatened, forged memoranda bearing the defendant’s name, were circulated in and about the campus. The memoranda referred to an alleged plot to kidnap Featherman and used the terms “Prince of Death” and “Deer Hunters.” The forged document was circulated through the mail to various departments and left in hallways of various campus buildings. Beginning in March 1992, history Professor Judith Trolander became the target of threats. The caption on the flyers left in the hallways of various University buildings was: “The Imperial Council of Deer Hunters Proclaim Open Season on Judy Trolander Lesbian Feminist Bitch.” The memorandum purported to reveal Professor Trolander’s home address, addressed questions concerning the appropriate weapons and provided the reader with potential locations from wh”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burnham v. Ianni