Jones v. Summerfield’s Empirical Analysis
265 F.2d 124 · 1959
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently October 1977
12 federal appellate · 3 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 United States Arant v. Lane · Cole v. Young · Jones v. Summerfield · Grasse v. Snyder · Johnnie C. Duncan v. Arthur E. Summerfield
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Jones (a veteran) was removed on February 28, 1955; Cole was decided on June 11, 1956; Jones brought suit for reinstatement on January 10, 1957, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. That suit was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction in May 1957, without prejudice. The instant suit was brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on December 3, 1957. During the period after his discharge Jones and his attorneys also sought reinstatement through administrative action, writing to the President of the United States, the Civil Service Commission, and the Postmaster General. The replies were unfavorable, culminating in a letter from the Civil Service Commission on September 10, 1957, informing plaintiff that he could not be cleared for employment in the Federal competitive service. At no time did Jones seek review under Section 14 of the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 390 , as amended, 5 U.S.C.a! § 863. “We think that plaintiff-appellant is barred by laches. His suit was not brought in a proper forum until thirty-three months had elapsed after his discharge, and some seventeen months after the decision in Cole v. Young. The letters to various administrative officials do not excuse his delay in bringing suit. * * * [Citations omitted.]””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Plaintiff's first delay was to determine the results of the review by the Supreme Court of this Court's adjudication in Cole v. Young”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Summerfield“the review by this Court of the District Court's adjudication of Duncan v. Summerfield.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Summerfield
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.