Holland v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Federal Trade Commission v. Mary Carter Paint Co. · Mary Carter Paint Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 352 So. 2d 1115 - Bagley v. City of Mobile · Frozen Food Express, Inc. v. United States · 361 So. 2d 513 - Moody v. Ingram
Most-quoted passages
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“■“. .. The terms of their employment are first and foremost fixed by their respective merit system job classification and position description. Regardless of the assignment and performance of duties, within the scope of that classification, those terms of employment do not assign either of them the primary duty to give full time to the preservation of public order and the protection of life or property or the detection of crime. Although the facts in Moody [v. Ingram, 361 So.2d 513 (Ala.1978)] differ, and although the actual duties of appellants included some time devoted to those of a peace officer, as was most of Mattocks’ time; nevertheless, it is clear under the Moody rationale that employment is effected under the terms of the merit system job description, including qualifications, duties, skill, experience, and the like.... ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.