Freeman v. Medler’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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

1. ““The District Court of Valencia County found ‘That the State Board of Education has no jurisdiction in the matter and attempted to act wholly without authority of law.’ (R. 35) Section 55-1113 provides that a teacher having a written contract shall have the right to appeal to the State Board of Education ‘which Board shall hear the matter de novo at a time and place to be by it fixed and the decision of such State Board of Education shall be final.’ Since Defendant is a certificated teacher entitled to be included under and protected by this provision, the jurisdiction of the State Board of Education can hardly be denied. However, the National Education Association respectfully draws the attention of the Honorable Court to another section of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1941 in addition to Section 55-1113 noted above; to wit: Section 55-101. “Section 55-101 of New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1941 dealing with the authority and duties of the State Board of Education reads: ‘The state board of education shall explain the true intent and meaning of the law, and shall decide without expense to the parties concerned, all controversies and disputes that arise under it, and their decision shall be final.’ This provision is almost universal in the states, quasi-judicial powers having been extended to state school administrative bodies early in the history of public education in the United States. “The New York State Superintendent’s annual report for the year 1822 contained the fo”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ortega v. Otero

2. “For the purpose of this case we will assume that the statute is prospective only, but it does not follow that we must give it a retrospective effect to hold that appellant had been employed as the principal ... for the ensuing year. The language of the act in terms applies to those who were teachers employed in the schools in the state under contracts existing at the time the law became operative, but this provision only fixed the status of those who were entitled to its benefits. As the title of the Act indicates, it had reference to the future employment of teachers, and the reference to existing contracts or employment was solely for the purpose of fixing the status of those affected by the act. It did not take away or impair any vested right or create any new obligation or impose any new duty, or in any way affect the rights and duties of the parties with respect to the existing contract. The statute is not made retroactive merely because it draws upon antecedent facts, or fixes the status of a person for the purpose of its operation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gadsden Federation of Teachers v. Board of Education of the Gadsden Independent School District

3. ““An Act Relating To The Employment And Discharge Of And Contracts With Teachers In The Public Schools Of New Mexico And Amending Section 20 of Chapter 73, Laws Of 1925, And Declaring An Emergency.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Board of Education of City of Las Vegas v. Boarman