Lafferty v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · McLaughlin v. Tilendis · 297 F. Supp. 416 - Stricklin v. Regents of the University of Wisconsin · Buck v. Carter
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * none had been notified of the nature of the charges against him, none had been given notice that he could be heard on the charges, and none had in fact been heard. Even the notice of suspension itself failed to state in any intelligible way the basis for the action;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Grausam v. Murphey“* * * when a professor is notified in writing * * * that 'the campus * * * (is) * * * off-limits to you' * * * the long range consequences to him in terms of his career and his professional standing are obviously of major proportions * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Grausam v. Murphey
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.