Coyne v. Boyett’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 7513 · 5 U.S.C. § 7701 · 5 U.S.C. § 7703
Relies on Barrett v. United States · Hill v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local 25 · Relford v. Commandant, U. S. Disciplinary Barracks · Kletschka v. Driver · Doe v. Hampton
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In such cases the reassignments were not personnel actions providing the basis for review; rather in each case an employee’s refusal to accept reassignment triggered a more severe, adverse action and the Courts considered the reassignment only as an adjunct to the propriety of these consequent personnel decisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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