Evelyn J. Johnson v. S. A. Fraley Jr.’s Empirical Analysis
470 F.2d 179 · 1972
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently June 2008 · most notably McNeill v. Butz (1973), Thomlas v. Ward (1975)
19 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Perry v. Sindermann · Sindermann v. Perry · Chitwood v. Feaster
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““To sufficiently state a constitutional claim of denial of ‘liberty,’ a nontenured teacher whose contract has not been renewed must plead either that his ‘good name, reputation, honor or integrity’ has been damaged by, in addition to the non-renewal, the assignment of reasons for the nonrenewal, or he must plead that the State has imposed on him some ‘stigma’ or ‘other disability,’ in addition to the nonrenewal, which foreclosed his freedom to take advantage of other employment opportunities.” [Emphasis supplied.]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““In this canvass, we find Sindermann and Roth, supra, both declaring that injury to professional reputation or livelihood caused by an abrupt termination of an engagement of substantial longevity warrants an inquiry upon whether the means pursued satisfied constitutional due process. These decisions avouch that continuous employment over a significant period of time — such as appellant’s 29 years — can amount to the equivalent of tenure. When it does, dissolution of the relationship requires prior ‘notice and an opportunity to be heard’, or else due process is wanting. Hence, because of her long school connection and the failure of the Board and Superintendent, acting as State representatives, to accord appellant due process, Evelyn Johnson’s charges could rise to 14th Amendment magnitude.” 470 F.2d at 181 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The State, in declining to rehire the respondent, did not make any charge against him that might seriously damage his standing and associations in his community. It did not base the nonrenewal of his contract on a charge, for example, that he had been guilty of dishonesty, or immorality. Had it done so, this would be a different case. For “[w]here a person’s good name, reputation, honor, or integrity is at stake because of what the government is doing to him, notice and an opportunity to be heard are essential.””
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.