Thornley v. Penton Publishing, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
104 F.3d 26 · 1997
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 110 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Sista v. CDC Ixis North America, Inc. (2006), Williams v. R.H. Donnelley, Corp. (2004)
27 federal appellate · 10 district ·
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 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · Johnson v. Righetti · Kashif v. United States
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 110 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Owens did not depart from our holdings that a plaintiff complaining of discriminatory discharge shows 'qualification' by demonstrating satisfactory job performance, in accordance with the particular employer’s criteria for satisfactory performance.”). 4 . At this stage in the analytical framework of McDonnell Douglas, it is important to keep in mind that”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“argued its position to the district judge, who rejected it, [and] a further exception after delivery of the charge would have been a mere formality, with no reasonable likelihood of convincing the court to change its mind on the issue.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“being `qualified' refers to the criteria the employer has specified for the position.”
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.