Powell v. Gallentine’s Empirical Analysis
992 F.2d 1088 · 1993
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mitchell v. Forsyth · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Connick v. Myers · Easter House v. United States
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that the protected speech 'was a "motivating factor”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“whether [the] defendant ] concluded at the time that [the plaintiff’s] allegations were false is irrelevant ... because even false allegations are entitled to protection, unless they were knowingly or recklessly made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the burden then shifts to the employer to show by a preponderance of evidence that it would have reached the same decision in the absence of the protected activity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bisbee v. Bey
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.