Jones v. Runyon’s Empirical Analysis
32 F.3d 1454 · 1994
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently September 2014 · most notably Al Burzynski, Administrator of the Estate of Alfred W. Halevan, Deceased v. William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense (2001), Lanman v. Johnson County (2004)
11 federal appellate · 9 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2401 · 29 U.S.C. § 633A (§ 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · General Electric Co. v. Gilbert · Agency Holding Corporation v. Malley-Duff & Associates Inc Crown Life Insurance Company
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'An agency's interpretation of an ambiguous provision within a statute it is authorized to implement is entitled to judicial deference.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the ADEA and Title VII share a common purpose, the elimination of discrimination in the workplace . . . .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“every civil action commenced against the United States shall be barred unless the complaint is filed within six years after the right of action first accrues.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Edwards v. Shalala
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.