Pedersen v. South Williamsport Area School District’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The board of school directors in any school district, except as herein otherwise provided, shall after due notice, giving the reasons therefor, and after hearing if demanded, have the right at anytime to remove any of its officers, employes [sic], or appointees for incompetency, intemperance, neglect of duty, violation of any of the school laws of this Commonwealth, or other improper conduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 214 F. Supp. 2d 468 - Zugarek v. Southern Tioga School District

2. “If a hearing is required, its timing and nature will depend on an appropriate accommodation of competing interests, including the importance of the private concern, the finality of deprivation, and the likelihood of governmental error. See Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 [ 96 S.Ct. 893 , 47 L.Ed.2d 18 ] (1976).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Peltack v. Borough of Manville

3. “while relying upon state law to establish his property right, looks to federal law to define procedural due process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Perri v. Aytch