BNSF Railway Co. v. Feit’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 20 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 12102 (§ 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki · Cook v. State of Rhode Island Department of Mental Health Retardation and Hospitals · Francis v. City of Meriden · Torcasio v. Murray
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[o]besity that is not the symptom of a physiological disorder or condition”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Is obesity that is not the symptom of a physiological [disorder] a “physical or mental impairment” as it is used in the Montana Code Annotated § 49-2-101(19)(a)?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the question of whether an individual's impairment is a disability under the ADA should not demand extensive analysis.”
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.