McGregor v. Goord’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 203 · 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)
Relies on Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Edelman v. Jordan · Kentucky v. Graham · City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The creation by statute of an affirmative entitlement to leave distinguishes the FMLA from other statutory provisions designed to cdmbat discrimination. In effect, Congress, insofar as it purports to rely on the Fourteenth Amendment as the basis of the FMLA, is attempting to dictate that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that employees be furnished twelve weeks of leave per year for the reasons set forth in the act. This is patently the sort of substantive legislation that exceeds the proper scope of Congress’ authority under § 5.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“due to the nature of the roles of men and women in our society, the primary responsibility for family caretaking often falls on women, and such responsibilities affects the working lives of women more than it affects the working fives of men; and ... employment standards that apply to one gender only have serious potential for encouraging employers to discriminate against employees and applicants for employment who are of that gender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In enacting [the] FMLA, Congress sought to promote the stability and economic security of the family “in a manner consistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, minimize! ] the potential for employment discrimination on the basis of sex” and to “promote the goal of equal employment opportunity for women and men.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.