Smith v. Caterpillar, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
338 F.3d 730 · 2003
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Hot Wax, Inc. v. Turtle Wax, Inc. · Cannon v. University of Health Sciences · Jeffries v. Chicago Transit Authority · Cook v. City of Chicago · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]n making this determination [the Court is] not resolving any genuine issue of material fact with respect to the witnesses’ actual memories or the content of them testimony; rather, [the Court] decide[s] only that this particular factor, as one of several underlying the ... decision to apply the doctrine of laches, has reasonable factual support in the record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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