Adams v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
488 F.2d 1064 · 1973
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably Adams v. Walker (1974), Glick v. Koenig (1985)
23 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 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 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 · Belcher v. Birmingham Trust National Bank · Miltenberger v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether appellant has made a showing of likelihood of success on appeal, (2) whether appellant has demonstrated a likelihood of irreparable injury absent a stay, (3) whether the stay would substantially harm other parties to the litigation, and (4) where the public interest lies.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““While the appellant was entitled under Article 5, § 10 of the Illinois Constitution to remove the appellee for incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office, it has not been demonstrated to us thus far in the case of appellee who held his office for a six year term pursuant to Chap. 43, § 98, Ill.Rev.Stat., that he was not entitled to due process of law as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as a part of the removal. Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564 , 573, 92 S.Ct. 2701 , 33 L.Ed. 548 (1972). Fiat does not meet the standard and thus far nothing has been demonstrated to us regarding even a pretext of due process. The conclusory language of the discharge telegram merely repeating the wording of the Illinois constitutional provision with the added ambiguous ‘and other cause’ is certainly not sufficient for due process requirements.” Id., 488 F.2d at 1065 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Adams v. Walker
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.