Zekas v. Baldwin’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
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 · Connally v. General Construction Co. · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY · Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange Cty.
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Paragraph (e) proscribes ‘wantonly offensive’ conduct or language toward the public or county officials. Paragraph (f) is directed at insubordination and disgraceful conduct. Paragraph (k) is concerned with acts or omissions unbecoming an incumbent which render his suspension, demotion, or discharge necessary or desirable for the economical or efficient conduct of the county’s business or for the best interest of the county. “Nowhere in these rules, or elsewhere, is there any meaningful guideline as to what conduct may be engaged in without running afoul of any or all of the provisions quoted above. The provisions are not cast in ‘terms susceptible of objective measurement.’ Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction, 368 U.S. 278, 286 , 82 S.Ct. 275 , 7 L. Ed.2d 285 (1961). Men of common intelligence must necessarily guess at their meaning and differ as to their application.” Zekas v. Baldwin, supra, 310 F.Supp. at 578 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Zekas v. Baldwin““(e) is wantonly offensive in his conduct or language toward the public or toward county officers or employes ; or “(f) has been guilty of insubordination or disgraceful conduct, whether while on or off duty; or ****** “(k) is guilty of acts or omissions unbecoming an incumbent of the particular office or position held, which render his supension, demotion, or discharge necessary or desirable for the economical or efficient conduct of the business of the county or for the best interest of the county government; or * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Zekas v. Baldwin
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.