Cox v. United States Gypsum Co.’s Empirical Analysis
409 F.2d 289 · 1969
Citation profile
82 federal appellate · 11 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 163 later decisions — most recently March 2012 · most notably Bowe v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (1969), Macklin v. Spector Freight Systems Inc. (1973)
82 federal appellate · 11 district · 3 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
Relies on Choate v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. · Ray Johnson v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, Charles W. Walker v. Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc. · 284 F. Supp. 74 - Cox v. United States Gypsum Company
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 163 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * But under the circumstances of this case and in the light of the purposes of the act, we think these charges should be deemed a sufficient foundation for an action based on discriminatory failure to recall these plaintiffs.” 409 F.2d at 290 .”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the Commission were allowed to reach an agreement with the respondent without the consent of the aggrieved party, there would be no way for the aggrieved party to have this decision reviewed. * * * The personal rights of the aggrieved party would be completely subject to the Commission. * * * To hold [that Commission proposals are binding on the charging party] would prevent effective protection of the individual rights guaranteed by the Act. This Court finds that the Act does not prevent a private suit because an employer agrees to a proposal totally unacceptable to the charging party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Had these charges [discrminatory layoffs] stood alone, and had the commission rejected them as untimely, insertion of the word 'continuing' may perhaps not have saved them.”
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.