Ahern v. Board of Education of School District of Grand Island’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 federal appellate · 6 district · 8 state decisions

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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * We think, contrarily, that as a matter of procedural Due Process the interest of a public school teacher in his continued employment until the natural expiration of the academic years is, in the absence of a countervailing state interest of paramount significance, sufficiently fundamental to prohibit his mid-term discharge without an explication of the reasons which underlie termination and the opportunity meaningfully to be heard with regard thereto. * * *””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bruce v. Board of Regents for the Northwest Missouri State University · Valter v. Orchard Farm School District

2. ““IT HEREBY IS ORDERED: “1. That the defendants Board of Education of the School District of Winnebago in the County of Thurston in the State of Nebraska, whose members are Emmett McGhee, President, Norman C. Free, George S. Olson, Rodney Krause, Trino Gomez, and Neal Nelson; W. C. Womersley, as Superintendent; and Asad Ali Kahn, as Principal, shall continue the reinstatement of William Fielder and Thomas DeCora as students in good standing in the Winnebago public school, school district number 17, Thurston County, Nebraska, until further order of the court after a trial on the merits or, if earlier than such further order, completion of a hearing before the school board of the School District of Winnebago in the County of Thurston in the State of Nebraska on any charges the defendants choose to make against such students—William Fielder or Thomas DeCora or both of them—which hearing shall include or be accompanied by: a. The furnishing to each such student or his parent or legal guardian of a written statement of the reasons advanced for possible disciplinary action at least three days before the hearing; b. Written notice to each such student or his parent or legal guardian of the date of the hearing at least three days before the hearing; c. Permission for each such student and his parents or legal guardian to appear with counsel; d. Opportunity for each such student and his counsel, if any, to examine any document submitted in support of the charges, and to hear and cross-”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fielder v. Board of Education of School District of Winnebago

3. ““We have no doubt that the hearing afforded Miss Ahern by the Grand Island School Board was entirely adequate to insure her constitutional right to procedural fairness. She clearly understood that the basis of both her suspension and her dismissal was insubordination by reason of her failure to comply with Dr. Miller’s instructions regarding the restoration of order and proper curriculum in her classes. The superintendent of schools notified her in advance of the proposed board of education hearing. She was represented by able counsel at the hearing, was permitted to testify, and her counsel was permitted to cross-examine Dr. Miller. We have examined the entire record and are firmly convinced that Miss Ahern was accorded a meaningful hearing at a meaningful time.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Valter v. Orchard Farm School District