554 F. Supp. 1165 - Davis v. Devine’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 623 (§ 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 633A (§ 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 5 U.S.C. § 2301 (Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002) · 5 U.S.C. § 2302 · 5 U.S.C. § 3323 · 5 U.S.C. § 559 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Udall v. Tallman · Morton v. Mancari · Harris v. McRae · Ramspeck v. Federal Trial Examiners Conference · Purtill v. Harris
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he purpose of Sec. 7521 is to give A.L.J.s ... independence and tenure rights that insulate them from possible agency influence or control”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis v. Devine“the letters are far from being explicit enough to charge the Commission with knowledge of an intent to bring an action under the A.D.E.A.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis v. Devine“to increase the opportunities for [annuitant] reemployment subject to the condition that it be on an at-will basis”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis v. Devine
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.