Arguello v. Conoco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
330 F.3d 355 · 2003
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2024 · most notably Gregory v. Dillard's, Inc. (2009), National Federation of the Blind of Texas, Inc. v. Abbott (2011)
19 federal appellate · 1 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000A (Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · O'Shea v. Littleton · Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“dining at a restaurant generally involves a contractual relationship that continues over the course of the meal and entitles the customer to benefits in addition to the meal purchased.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“42 U.S.C. § 1981 provides: All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in the retail context, the plaintiff must demonstrate the loss of an actual . . . contract interest.”
2 later decisions 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.