Ward v. Kelly’s Empirical Analysis
515 F.2d 908 · 1975
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently July 2005 · most notably In the Matter of First Colonial Corp. Of America, Bankrupt. American Benefit Life Insurance Company, Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Franz J. Baddock, Trustee, Appellee-Cross-Appellant. In the Matter of First Colonial Corp. Of America, Bankrupt. Bert K. Robinson v. American Benefit Life Insurance Company (1977), Johnson v. University College of Alabama (1983)
23 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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 Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Northcross v. Board of Education of Memphis City Schools · Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District · United States v. Jefferson County Board of Education
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Just cause” in a Singleton situation means types of conduct that are repulsive to the minimum standards of decency— such as honesty and integrity — required by virtually all employers of their employees, and especially required of public servants such as school teachers. For example, if a teacher came to school drunk, or was found stealing from the school treasury, or sexually assaulted a student .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If more than one attorney is involved, the possibility of duplication of effort along with the proper utilization of time should be scrutinized. The time of two or three lawyers in a courtroom or conference when one would do, may obviously be discounted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“established procedures to govern staff reductions upon integration of a school district”
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.