Black v. Tomlinson’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
15 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Monge v. California · Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth · Firestone v. K Firestone · Taylor, Carolyn v. Small, Lawrence M. · Morgan v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[D]istrict courts have substantial discretion in ruling on motions for reconsideration.”
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.