Michael Wellington v. The Lyon County School District the Lyon County Board of Trustees Nat Lommori Does I-X’s Empirical Analysis
187 F.3d 1150 · 1999
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 8 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently July 2017 · most notably Broussard v. University of California (1999), Brown v. Lucky Stores, Inc. (2001)
19 federal appellate · 8 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
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Margolis v. Ryan · Thompson v. Holy Family Hospital · Willis v. Pacific Maritime Ass'n
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“metal fabrication, welding, . . . heavy activities, carpentry, . . . the use of a variety of tools to do maintenance and repairs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]hese facts suggest that Wellington may be precluded from working in any capacity involving construction, maintenance or even light plumbing. Considering Wellington's `training, skills and abilities,' there exist[ed] a question of fact as to whether he is `significantly restricted in the ability to perform work in a class of jobs.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Disability means, with respect to an individual— (A) A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; (B) A record of such an impairment; or (C) Being regarded as having such an impairment.”
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.