Leorna v. United States Department of State’s Empirical Analysis
105 F.3d 548 · 1997
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently March 2016 · most notably Leong v. Potter (2003), Johnson v. Henderson (2002)
5 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 29 U.S.C. § 791 · 29 U.S.C. § 794
Relies on Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · Brown v. General Services Administration · Figueroa v. United States · New Motor Vehicle Board of California v. Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corp. · Bryson Properties, XVIII v. Travelers Insurance Co.
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“once a claimant retains counsel, tolling ceases because she has gained the means of knowledge of her rights and can be charged with constructive knowledge of the law's requirements.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“has been consistently applied to excuse a claimant's failure to comply with the time limitations where she had neither actual nor constructive notice of the filing period.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Aggrieved persons who believe they have been discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or handicap must consult a Counselor prior to filing a complaint in order to try to informally resolve the matter. (1) An aggrieved person must initiate contact with a Counselor within 45 days of the date of the matter alleged to be discriminatory or, in the case of personnel action, within 45 days of the effective date of the action.”
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.