Thomas v. Metzler’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hurlock v. Park Lane Medical Center, Inc. · Blair v. Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. · Burgdorf v. Board of Police Commissioners · Clark v. Board of Directors of the School District · Ogden v. Henry
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any regular employee who is dismissed ... may appeal in writing to the board within thirty days.... Upon such appeal, both the appealing employee and the appointing authority whose action is reviewed shall have the right to be heard and to present evidence at a hearing which, at the request of the appealing employee, shall be public.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lombardi v. Dunlap“No dismissal of a regular employee shall take effect unless, prior to the effective date thereof, the appointing authority gives to such employee a written statement setting forth in substance the reason therefor and files a copy of such statement with the director.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lombardi v. Dunlap
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.