James v. Sheahan’s Empirical Analysis
137 F.3d 1003 · 1998
Citation profile
22 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably 23954p Jackson v. Ej Brach Corporation (1999), Bruce K. Cable, As in Possession v. Ivy Tech State College (1999)
22 federal appellate ·
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 Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · United States v. Berkowitz
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Arguments raised for the first time in a reply brief are waived.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and . . . the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
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.