Cline v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
144 F.3d 294 · 1998
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 19 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 191 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Cheryl Hooven-Lewis v. Louis Caldera (2001), Plant v. Morton International, Inc. (2000)
43 federal appellate · 19 district · 7 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 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc. · Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114 · Grunenthal v. Long Island Rail Road · Kennon v. Gilmer
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 191 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the verdict is against the clear weight of the evidence, or (2) is based upon evidence which is false, or (3) will result in a miscarriage of justice, even though there may be substantial evidence which would prevent the direction of a verdict.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“only upon a showing of abuse of discretion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(iii) an additional amount as liquidated damages equal to the sum of the amount described in clause (i) [actual damages] and the interest described in clause (ii), except that if an employer who has violated section 2615 of this title proves to the satisfaction of the court that the act or omission which violated section 2615 of this title was in good faith and that the employer had reasonable grounds for believing that the act or omission was not a violation of section 2615 of this title, such court may, in the discretion of the court, reduce the amount of the liability to the amount and interest determined under clauses (i) and (ii), respectively....”
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.