Ex Parte Holifield’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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.

1. “the overall purpose of the `Fair Dismissal Act' ... is to provide non-teacher employees a fair and swift resolution of proposed employment terminations.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 841 So. 2d 245 - Young v. McLeod · 718 So. 2d 673 - McLeod v. Beaty

2. “"The Board did not select the first member of the panel until ... some 70 days after the Board's decision, the 60-day time period having already passed.... ".... "The hearing [by the review panel] was set some 134 days after the Board's decision.... ".... "... [T]he Board, in effect, abandoned its attempt to terminate Washington by failing to select a member of the review panel until after the 60-day period mandated by § 36-26-106 had expired."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 604 So. 2d 422 - Birmingham Bd. of Educ. v. Holifield

3. “"The Court of Civil Appeals held that the legislature's intent was for the Board to select the first member of the panel. Because the Board caused the delay, the court held that the panel was not bound by the 60-day provision; to apply that provision would unfairly penalize the employee, the court said. The court also noted that an employee cannot benefit from his own improper delays or tactics."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 604 So. 2d 422 - Birmingham Bd. of Educ. v. Holifield