Jolly v. Listerman’s Empirical Analysis
672 F.2d 935 · 1982
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably Sonya G. Stewart, v. Donald L. Evans, in His Official Capacity As Secretary of Commerce, et al. (2002), Frizelle v. Slater (1997)
11 federal appellate · 6 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 Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Perry v. Sindermann
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“intended to be something less than a binding rule.... [Its] impact ... is clearly informative, perhaps precatory, but certainly not directive or mandatory.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The use of the word 'should' ... detracts significantly from any claim that this guideline is more than merely precatory.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“provide for an attempt to place an employee in a more suitable position if his or her performance is unsatisfactory;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Jolly v. Listerman
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.