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Sherman v. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis

684 F.2d 464 · 1982

Citation profile

13
cited by 13 later decisions
April 1985
most recently cited

13 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 5 U.S.C. § 7513 · 5 U.S.C. § 7701 · 5 U.S.C. § 7703

Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Rodriguez v. Lash · Norton v. Macy · Gueory v. Hampton

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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “between the misconduct and the efficiency of the service. Id. Because E. does not dispute the child molestation charge, the issue here is whether a nexus was established. 7 Removal actions are also restricted by a statute which prohibits discrimination against any employee”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “only for such cause as will promote the efficiency of the service.”
    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.