Tanner v. McCall’s Empirical Analysis
625 F.2d 1183 · 1980
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently May 2008 · most notably Egger v. Phillips (1983), Lee v. Russell County Board of Education (1982)
44 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 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)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Perry v. Sindermann · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In sum, the ultimate inquiry is not whether the label “policymaker” or “confidential” fits a particular position; rather, the question is whether the hiring authority can demonstrate that party affiliation is an appropriate requirement for the effective performance of the public office involved.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"If the first amendment motive is not the `but for' reason for the refusal to reappoint plaintiffs, their section 1983 action fails. [Citations omitted]." 625 F.2d 1195 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“"When neutral decisional criteria are utilized by an employer, a plaintiff's case is more difficult to prove...." 625 F.2d at 1192 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.