Sutton v. Lader’s Empirical Analysis
185 F.3d 1203 · 1999
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably Ellis v. England (2005), Waddell v. Valley Forge Dental Associates, Inc. (2001)
17 federal appellate · 1 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 29 U.S.C. § 704 · 29 U.S.C. § 706 · 29 U.S.C. § 791
Relies on Southeastern Community College v. Davis · School Board of Nassau County Florida v. H Arline · Standard v. Abel Services Inc · Vande Zande v. State of Wisconsin Department of Administration R · Chandler v. City of Dallas
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) [s]he has a disability; (2) [s]he is otherwise qualified for the position; and (3) [s]he was subjected to unlawful discrimination as the result of [her] disability.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but is treated by an employer as constituting such a-limitation; has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitude of an employer toward such impairment, or [has no physical or mental impairment] but is treated by an employer has having such an impairment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(i) has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities; (ii) has a record of such an impairment; or (iii) is regarded as having such an impairment.”
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.