Adams v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
492 F.2d 1003 · 1974
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 4 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 103 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2018 · most notably Lefkowitz v. Cunningham (1977), Shango v. Jurich (1982)
57 federal appellate · 4 district · 14 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 Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois
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 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unelaborated charge of 'incompetence, neglect of duty and malfeasance of office'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“incompetence, neglect of duty and malfeasance in office”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(b) Removal from office. — The County Council may remove the County Administrator from office before the expiration of his term, but only in accordance with the following procedures: 1. By affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the County Council upon adoption of a preliminary resolution which shall state the reason for the removal. A copy of the resolution shall be delivered promptly to the County Administrator. 2. Within 10 days after a copy of the resolution is delivered to the County Administrator, he may file with the County Council a written request for a public hearing. This hearing shall be held at a special County Council meeting not later than 30 days after the request is filed. The County Administrator may file with the County Council a written reply not later than 5 days prior to the hearing. The County Administrator shall be permitted to appear in person at the hearing in lieu of a full written reply to the charges made, and present his case with witnesses as the circumstances may require. 3. The County Council may adopt a final resolution of removal, which may be made effective immediately, by affirmative vote of a majority of all the members at any time after 10 days from the date when a copy of the preliminary resolution was delivered to the administrator, if he has not requested a hearing.””
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.