330 F. Supp. 388 - Chase v. Fall Mountain Regional School District’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
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 · Shelton v. Tucker · Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · Wieman v. Updegraff · V The Board of Higher Education of the City of New York
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To hold that a superintendent and a School Board need make no inquiry as to the truth or falsehood of the facts underlying the reason proffered for dismissal [of a teacher] would offend the most elemental concepts of justice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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