Jenkins v. U. S. Post Office’s Empirical Analysis
475 F.2d 1256 · 1973
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently May 2015 · most notably Gray v. Union County Intermediate Education District (1975), Stetson v. Board of Selectmen of Carlisle (1976)
15 federal appellate · 3 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
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Wisconsin v. Constantineau · Maurice Medoff v. Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Plaintiff suggests that the Constitution requires a hearing to protect an individual’s liberty any time a government employee is discharged under circumstances which reflect unfavorably upon his character. This proposition is overly broad. “[A]ny reason [assigned for the dismissal] other than reduction in force is likely to be to some extent a reflection on a probationer’s ability, temperament, or character.” Medoff v. Freeman, 362 F.2d 472 , 476 (1st Cir. 1966). Nonetheless, not every dismissal attains constitutional proportions. “Where 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.” Wisconsin v. Constantineau, 400 U.S. 433 , 437, 91 S.Ct. 507 , 510, 27 L.Ed.2d 515 (1971). However, a posting procedure similar to that which concerned the Court in Constantineau is not at issue here. Plaintiff’s reliance on Constantineau is inappropriate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(p)laintiff's status did not give rise to a property interest entitling her to a pre-dismissal hearing,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Beeson v. Hudson
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.