Turner v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 215th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Mathews v. Eldridge · Anderson v. Creighton · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Connick v. Myers
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) A copy of a signed complaint ... shall be given to the officer ... within a reasonable time after the complaint is filed. (b) Disciplinary action may not be taken against the officer ... unless a copy of the signed complaint is given to the officer.... (c) ... [T]he officer ... may not be indefinitely suspended or terminated from employment based on the subject matter of the complaint unless: (1) the complaint is investigated; and (2) there is evidence to prove the allegation of misconduct.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]y enacting sections 614.021-.023, of the Government Code, the State provided covered employees with procedural safeguards to reduce the risk that adverse employment actions would be based on unsubstantiated complaints. Moreover, the State determined that the value of these protections outweighs the fiscal and administrative burdens incurred by complying with statutory requirements.”
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.