Bradley v. Vance’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 22 U.S.C. § 1002 · 29 U.S.C. § 633A (§ 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 5 U.S.C. § 5941 · 5 U.S.C. § 8335
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 418 F. Supp. 64 - Bradley v. Kissinger
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“recruiting and promoting younger people solely because of their youth is inherently discriminatory and cannot provide a legitimate basis for the statutory scheme.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vance v. Bradley“also claim section 632 discriminates between those who have reached age sixty and those who are younger.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vance v. Bradley“violates the equal protection guarantees embodied in the Fifth Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vance v. Bradley
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.