Nolan v. Tully’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate ·

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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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “exception, which the courts had read into Sec. 75(1)(b), applies equally to the protection against discharge given by Sec. 75(1)(c). The court considered, but rejected, the possibility that the listing of confidential and policy-making positions in Sec. 75(1)(c) precluded application of the independent officer exception. The court noted that when the Legislature added Sec. 75(1)(c) in 1965, it was aware that the courts had created the independent officer exception to Sec. 75(1)(b);”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. O'Neill v. City of Auburn

2. “Nevertheless, there is a total absence of any language in the 1965 amendment to section 75 that could denude, or affect in any way this judicially created exception.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. O'Neill v. City of Auburn

3. “(a) person holding a position by permanent appointment in the competitive class of the classified civil service,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baden v. Koch