Kitchell v. Public Service Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 13 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably Ocana v. American Furniture Co. (2004), Morrison v. Toys "R" Us, Inc. (2004)
2 federal appellate · 13 district · 19 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
Relies on Southeastern Community College v. Davis · Chandler v. City of Dallas · Schmitz v. Smentowski · Kennedy v. Applause, Inc. · Madrid v. St. Joseph Hospital
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for: A. an employer, unless based on a bona fide occupational qualification, to refuse to hire, to discharge, to promote or demote or to discriminate in matters of compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment against any person otherwise qualified because of race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, physical or mental handicap or serious medical condition ... statute's language”: See, N.M.S.A. § 28-1-7 (emphasis added).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The person suffering the injury has a workers’ compensation claim or a personal injury claim, not an insurance claim. Therefore, PNM was not an insurer of Kitchell merely because it could be liable as an employer for the payment of compensation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) an intentional and lawful act, (2) an intent to injure the plaintiff, (3) injury to the plaintiff as a result of the intentional act, and (4) the absence of justification for the injurious act.”
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.