Meehan v. Macy’s Empirical Analysis
392 F.2d 822 · 1968
Citation profile
92 federal appellate · 8 district · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 164 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2018 · most notably Arnett v. Kennedy (1974), Rode v. Dellarciprete (1988)
92 federal appellate · 8 district · 23 state decisions — followed in 16 states
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 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · Sherbert v. Verner · Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY · Garrison v. State of Louisiana
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 164 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ ‘Pit is not feasible or necessary for the Government to spell out in detail all that conduct which will result in retaliation. The most conscientious of codes that define prohibited conduct of employees include “catchall”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Courts are increasingly re-examining and considering the issue whether and to what extent the Government’s prerogative to employ or discharge permits it to regulate conduct of its employees that would, in the absence of the employment relationship, be protected from interference by the First Amendment. [Footnote omitted.] As Government services multiply, the liberties of Government employees come to be the liberties of an increasing and substantial portion of the citizenry, and are accordingly given increased recognition. [Footnote omitted.] There is a reverse side to the coin: With mounting provision of increased and increasingly indispensable services rendered by Government employees, the public weal demands administration that is effective and disciplined, and not beset by turmoil and anarchy.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Meehan v. Macy · Meehan v. Macy“An agency may not take an adverse action against an employee . . . except for such cause as will promote the efficiency of the service.”
3 later decisions 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.