Workforce Development Cabinet v. Gaines’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Steelvest, Inc. v. Scansteel Service Center, Inc. · Meuwissen v. Department of Interior · Williams v. Commonwealth · Kentucky Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Jeffers Ex Rel. Jeffers · Davidson v. Commonwealth, Department of Military Affairs
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As used in KRS 61.102 and 61.103, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) ‘Employee’ means a person in the service of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or any of its political subdivisions....”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any public body or authority with the power to remedy or report the perceived misconduct. This interpretation serves the goals of liberally construing the Whistleblower Act in favor of its remedial purpose, and of giving words their plain meaning. Generally, the most obvious public body with the power to remedy perceived misconduct is the employee's own agency (or the larger department or cabinet).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The list of entities in KRS 61.102(1) is not limited to those with investigatory authority. Instead, the list encompasses those who may have authority to remedy or report perceived misconduct in a particular situation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.