Woolsey v. Hunt’s Empirical Analysis
932 F.2d 555 · 1991
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently June 2015 · most notably Singfield v. Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (2004), Ludwig v. Board of Trustees of Ferris State University (1997)
18 federal appellate · 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 Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Perry v. Sindermann · Bishop v. Wood · Johnson v. Mississippi
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“All ... employees ... serve on an 'at will' basis subject to the policies and procedures set forth in the Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Donald v. Hunt · Gregory v. Hunt“There is no point in time prior to plaintiff's termination which evidences a clear, definitive statement of the terms of an agreement regarding plaintiff's continued employment at the University.... Oral express contracts require the parties' express assent concerning their terms.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Donald v. Hunt · Gregory v. Hunt“are created and their dimensions are defined by existing rules or understandings that stem from an independent source such as state law--rules or understandings that secure certain benefits and that support claims of entitlement to those benefits.”
2 later decisions 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.