Born v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis
291 F.2d 345 · 1960
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently January 1990
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 Perkins v. Elg · Burlington County Bridge Commission v. Driscoll · Platt v. Union Pacific Railroad · Washington v. Summerfield · Elder v. Brannan
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In certification for appointment, in appointment, in reinstatement, in reemployment, and in retention in civilian positions in all establishments, agencies, bureaus, administrations, projects, and departments of the Government, permanent or temporary, and in either (a) the classified civil service; (b) the unclassified civil service; (c) any temporary or emergency establishment, agency, bureau, administration, project, and department created by Acts of Congress or Presidential Executive order; . . . preference shall be given to [those who meet the definition of preference eligible]. 4”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We say only (1) that the term “indefinite” can reasonably be read, as the Commission has, to include appointments actually held in excess of one year whose terminal date is uncertain; and (2) that appellant has such an appointment. [ 291 F. 2d, at 352 .]”
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.