Balint v. Carson City’s Empirical Analysis
180 F.3d 1047 · 1999
Citation profile
150 federal appellate · 29 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 330 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Max Lopez Jr v. Ga Smith Larry Loo a Acevedo Patterson 4a-2r (2000), Safe Air for Everyone v. Meyer (2004)
150 federal appellate · 29 district · 2 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 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 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 Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. · American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson · Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison · United States v. Washington · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hacienda Hotel
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 330 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the district court correctly applied the relevant substantive law”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bruce Lavine v. Blaine School District · Bank of America Pension Plan, an Employee Benefit Plan Bank of America 401(k) Investment Plan, an Employee Benefit Plan v. Alexander S. McMath an Individual v. Alva M. Montgomery, an Individual Patsy Patterson, an Individual and the Estate of Clarence C. Montgomery“[t]his court does not weigh the evidence or determine the truth of the matter, but only determines whether there is a genuine issue for trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the employee must establish a prima facie case [of discrimination] by proving that (1) she had a bona fide religious belief, the practice of which conflicted with an employment duty; (2) she informed her employer of the belief and conflict; and (3) the employer threatened her or subjected her to discriminatory treatment, including discharge, because of her inability to fulfill the job requirements.”
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.