Pittman v. Wilson County’s Empirical Analysis
839 F.2d 225 · 1988
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably Edwards v. City of Goldsboro (1999), 96 N.C. App. 124 - Privette v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1989)
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Perry v. Sindermann · Bishop v. Wood · Presnell v. Pell
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A “resolution” is not an “ordinance,” and there is a distinction between the two terms as they are commonly used in charters. A resolution ordinarily denotes something less solemn or formal than, or not rising to the dignity of, an ordinance. The term “ordinance” means something more than a mere verbal motion or resolution, adopted, subsequently reduced to writing, and entered on the minutes and made a part of the record of the acting body. It must be invested, not necessarily literally, but substantially, with the formalities, solemnities, and characteristics of an ordinance, as distinguished from a simple motion or resolution. It has been said that measures that prescribe binding rules of conduct are “ordinances,” while measures that relate to administrative or housekeeping matters are categorized as “resolutions.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“is evidenced by the fact that the State’s statutes provide that resolutions may be used for such things as fixing the time and place of the Board of Commissioners’ regular meetings, initiating an alteration in the structure of the board, and permitting the county manager to appoint officers, employees, and agents without first securing Board approval. These are all administrative matters and are in stark contrast to the express requirements in the Statute that an ordinance is required in order for a county to effect such things, for example, as the restriction of firearms, the prohibition of begging, and the regulation and licensing of trades, occupations, and professions. Moreover, the North Carolina statutes provide for the enforcement of county ordinances by fines and penalties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“employment doctrine and its exceptions under North Carolina law 5 The North Carolina Supreme Court has not decided whether, when an employee manual unilaterally provides that employees can only be discharged for cause and an employee relies on that statement in accepting or continuing his or her employment with the employer, the policy statement becomes, in effect, a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.