Smith v. Bell Atlantic’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
September 2004
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kourouvacilis v. General Motors Corp. · Pederson v. Time, Inc. · Cassesso v. Commissioner of Correction · Labonte v. Hutchins & Wheeler · MacCormack v. Boston Edison Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“indicated that at the time of her dismissal, the employee had previously been warned three times about her excessive absenteeism and was a member of a union whose collective bargaining agreement with the employer considered good and regular attendance to be an essential function of her job .. . [and that] the employer offered evidence that the employee’s frequent absences resulted in high costs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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