Bjorklund v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
4 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Gibson v. Berryhill · American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. Sullivan · Hicks v. City of Watonga · Tonkovich v. Kansas Board of Regents
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the statements impugned his good name, reputation, honor, or integrity; (2) the statements were false; (3) the statements occurred in the course of terminating the employee or will foreclose other employment opportunities; and (4) the statements were published.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“An employee has a liberty interest in his good name and reputation as it affects his protected property interest in continued employment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'manner or reasons for the employee's termination' may qualify as one made 'in the course of termination of employment.'”
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.