Burns P. And Marjorie Downey v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins · United States v. Burke · Rex Trailer Company v. United States · DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[L]itigants under the ADEA may not recover the broad range of compensatory damages for intangible elements of injury that characterize tort-type personal injury statutes, ADEA litigants cannot recover for either pain and suffering. . . . or for emotional distress. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“is: 25 the availability of a broad range of damages to compensate the plaintiff for injuries caused by the violation of a legal right, and while such damages are often described in compensatory terms, tort damages usually”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“as the name implies, compensate a party for those difficult to prove losses that often arise from a delay in the performance of obligations—as a type of contract remedy”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.