Assaf v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
May 1999
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Elrod v. Burns · Branti v. Finkel · Halas v. Department of Energy
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Directs the Bureau of Vehicle Management to meet the transportation needs of all requesting Commonwealth Departments, Agencies, and Commissions while remaining within the financial guidelines of self-generated income.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Assaf v. Fields“overseeing the cars owned by the Commonwealth and used by its agencies ... is not a major government program ... [as it does not] involve services to the general public or to a sizable portion of the public.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Assaf v. Fields“the overarching factor is whether the worker has 'meaningful input into decision making concerning the nature and scope of a major [government] program.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Assaf v. Fields
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.