Aaron v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 623 (§ 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · National League of Cities v. Usery · Hodgson v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It shall not be unlawful for an employer ... to take any action otherwise prohibited .. . where age is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Adams v. James
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.