474 F. Supp. 484 - Busche v. Bosman’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Lee v. Southern Home Sites Corp. · Stolberg v. Members of the Board of Trustees · Lydia L. Morales v. James A. Haines, Mayor of Harvey, Illinois · Sexton v. Gibbs · Stell v. Board of Public Education for Savannah & Chatham
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(f) ollowing his termination plaintiff became severely depressed, changed his drinking habits and began to drink heavily, became moody and quarrelsome, had marital difficulties which eventually ended in divorce, and had financial difficulties due to his loss of income.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Busche v. Burkee“Bosman would not have appointed Busche to any of said openings filled on August 1, 1975, as he felt the other appointed applicants were more qualified, and this would have occurred whether or not Busche was charged and disciplined.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Busche v. Burkee“acted merely as an agent of Burkee in terminating the plaintiff from employment on August 12, 1974, and is therefore not liable for violation of plaintiff's constitutional rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Busche v. Burkee
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.