James v. Dale’s Empirical Analysis
355 F.3d 1375 · 2004
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 7121 · 5 U.S.C. § 7513 · 5 U.S.C. § 7701 · 5 U.S.C. § 7703
Relies on Gerstein v. Pugh · Branzburg v. Hayes · Department of the Navy v. Egan · Hayes v. Department of the Navy · Lachance v. White
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.
“only for such cause as will promote the efficiency of the service.”
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.