McCloud v. Whitt’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
July 2012
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Taylor v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Dummit · Commonwealth v. Howard
Most-quoted passages
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“In McCloud , this Court stated that it would be “absurd” to require a hearing where the police chief had been removed at-will under executive authority rather than a removal for some cause, since there would be nothing to inquire into. In this appeal, the Mayor admitted that the citizen complaint was the basis of his decision to fire Sheldon and the trial court appropri ately found there was “something to inquire into.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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