Brunson v. Wall’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 25 district · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Charland v. Muzi Motors, Inc. (1994), Beaupre v. Cliff Smith & Associates (2000)
8 federal appellate · 25 district · 34 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 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · University of Tennessee v. Elliott · Felder v. Casey · Community National Bank v. Dawes · Dwyer v. Globe Newspaper Co.
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Before conducting a formal adjudicatory hearing, the MCAD investigates complaints and attempts reconciliation between the parties. . . . Neither the MCAD preliminary investigation nor attempted reconciliation precludes a complainant from deciding ultimately to file an action under § 9. Only when the MCAD’s proceedings reach the stage of a formal adjudicatory hearing must the complainant make an election between the administrative and judicial remedies.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“By providing for judicial review of MCAD decisions, and by foreclosing agency action once a party has sought a judicial remedy pursuant § 9, 2 the Legislature signaled its intent that the parties would be bound by an MCAD decision, subject only to judicial review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Massachusetts deems causes of action identical for claim preclusion purposes if they `grow out of the same transaction, act, or agreement, and seek redress for the same wrong.’”
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.