Correa v. Fischer’s Empirical Analysis
982 F.2d 931 · 1993
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably McCloud v. Testa (1996), Brewer v. Wilkinson (1993)
14 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Elrod v. Burns · Siegert v. Gilley · Branti v. Finkel
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although the Supreme Court's decisions involve party affiliation, [the Fifth] Circuit has recognized that the Elrod - Branti doctrine [also] applies when an employment decision is based upon support of and loyalty to a particular candidate as distinguished from a political party.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because there was no political rivalry between Fischer and the former County Attorney, the office staff's loyalty to the former County Attorney does not represent the kind of political loyalty that the First Amendment protects.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f the plaintiffs present evidence supporting the contention that they were fired because of their political affiliation or political beliefs, the plaintiffs would state a viable claim under the First Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Garza v. Escobar
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.