Ruth Shirck v. Robert S. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
447 F.2d 1025 · 1971
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · Joseph Lochner v. People of the State of New York · Roth v. Board of Regents of State Colleges · David E. Roth, for Himself and for All Others Similarly Situated v. The Board of Regents of State Colleges and Roger E. Guiles · Kenneth T. Dunham v. Philip B. Crosby, Jr.
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The ultimate purpose is to determine whether the administrative decision rests ‘on a basis wholly inappropriate in fact or on a basis wholly without reason’. “The source of this requirement, as well as the source of the substantivity of right itself, is unclear. It is not derived from any statute, regulation or common law rule. If it is predicated on something other than judicial fiat, the due process clause itself must perform the dual func tion of creating the right to be protected and also prescribing its procedural safeguards. . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“related to her performance in her work, particularly her failure to coordinate her teaching with that of the other German teacher so that students who needed to transfer at the end of a semester would not be handicapped.”
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.