Hutton v. Elf Atochem North America, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
273 F.3d 884 · 2001
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently April 2020 · most notably Fraser v. Goodale (2003), Dark v. Curry County (2006)
16 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 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
Relies on Max Lopez Jr v. Ga Smith Larry Loo a Acevedo Patterson 4a-2r · United States v. Hatter · In re Montgomery · Northwest Village Limited Partnership v. Franke · Kennedy v. Applause, Inc.
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It may be a defense to a charge of discrimination under this chapter that an alleged application of qualification standards, tests or selection criteria that screen out or tend to screen out or otherwise deny a job or benefit to an individual with a disability has been shown to be job-related and consistent with business necessity, and such performance cannot be accomplished by reasonable accommodation, as required under this subchapter.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) he is a disabled person within the meaning of the statute; (2) he is a qualified individual with a disability; and (3) he suffered an adverse employment action because of his disability.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an individual who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the employment position that such individual holds or desires.”
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.