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← 407 F.3d 734 - Bellum v. PCE Constructors, Inc.

Bellum v. PCE Constructors, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

407 F.3d 734 · 2005

Citation profile

18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
August 2017
most recently cited

11 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 29 U.S.C. § 2601 (§ 2 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 2611 (§ 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 2612 (§ 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 2654 (§ 404 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)

Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Caminetti v. United States · Pegram v. Herdrich · Baskett v. United States

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families ... [and] to entitle employees to take reasonable leave for medical reasons . . . in a manner that accommodates the legitimate interests of employers.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “to entitle employees to take reasonable leave for medical reasons . . . in a manner that accommodates the legitimate interests of employers.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “[T]he only question for us is whether the Secretary's construction of the statute is permissible, not the best.”
    1 later decision 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.