Ruth Shirck v. Robert S. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
486 F.2d 691 · 1973
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Perry v. Sindermann · Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · Wisconsin v. Constantineau
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Plaintiff] argues, however, that the Illinois statute requiring that she be given [statutory notice of nonrenewal] created a sufficient “property” interest to bring the due process clause into play. This argument confuses the decisive distinction between procedure and substance. Since the Illinois statutory procedure was observed, that statute affords plaintiff no substantive right. (Id. at 692) 4”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“■ Mere proof . . . that [a] record of nonretention in one job, taken alone, might make [an individual] somewhat less attractive to some other employers would hardly establish the kind of foreclosure of opportunities amounting to a deprivation of “liberty.” [Id. at 574, n. 13, 92 S.Ct. at 2708]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“that might seriously damage his standing and associations in his community”
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.