Stevens v. Hunt’s Empirical Analysis
646 F.2d 1168 · 1981
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably Gutzwiller v. Fenik (1988), Pearson v. City of Grand Blanc (1992)
22 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Flagg Brothers Inc v. Brooks J Lefkowitz · Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. Horowitz · Bernard H. Greenhill v. Ray v. Bailey
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Horowitz decision still leaves open the question as to whether such a cause of action exists. Even if a cause of action does exist, it is clear, however, that arbitrary and capricious action on the part of the University officials would be a necessary element in order for plaintiffs to prevail. Board of Curators v. Horowitz, 435 U.S. 78, 91 , 98 S.Ct. 948, 955 , 55 L.Ed.2d 124 (1978). In order to establish such arbitrary and capricious action, the plaintiffs must show that there is no rational basis for the University’s decision, Greenhill v. Bailey, 519 F.2d 5 [(8th Cir.1975)]; Horowitz v. Board of Curators, 447 F.Supp. 1102 (D.C.Mo.1975) or that the decision to dismiss was motivated by bad faith or ill will unrelated to academic performance. Gaspar v. Bruton, 513 F.2d 843 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In order to establish such arbitrary and capricious action, the plaintiffs must show that there is no rational basis for the University’s decision, ... or that the decision to dismiss was motivated by bad faith or ill will unrelated to academic performance. Id. at 1170 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.