Layton v. Elder’s Empirical Analysis
143 F.3d 469 · 1998
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 14 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2022 · most notably Tennessee v. Lane (2004), Gorman v. Bartch (1998)
13 federal appellate · 14 district · 6 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 29 U.S.C. § 794 · 42 U.S.C. § 12131 (§ 201 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12132 (§ 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Kentucky v. Graham · United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Amoco Production Co. v. Village of Gambell · United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. · Pottgen v. Missouri State High School Activities Ass'n
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“and they will suffer substantial irreparable harm if the programs, services and activities held in the Montgomery County Courthouse are not made accessible as required under the statutes. Furthermore, public interest strongly favors mandating accessibility. When these factors are balanced against the harm to the county of making its programs, services, and activities accessible the balance tips heavily in favor of granting appellants the relief they request.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“1) he is a qualified individual with a disability; 2) he was . . . denied the benefits of a public entity's services . . . ; and 3) that such . . . denial. . . was by reason of his disability.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
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.