Cianci v. Pettibone Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
152 F.3d 723 · 1998
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently June 2022 · most notably Rhodes v. Illinois Department of Transportation (2004), Graham v. State Farm Mutual Insurance (1999)
36 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 29 U.S.C. § 2601 (§ 2 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 2611 (§ 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 2612 (§ 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 2617 (§ 107 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · O'CONNOR v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp. · Russell v. Acme-Evans Co. · Wallace II v. Smc Pneumatics Inc · Carson v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a plaintiff must show that he was replaced by someone 'substantially younger,' although not necessarily outside the protected class.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an inference [of age discrimination] cannot be drawn from the replacement of one worker with another worker insignificantly younger.”
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.