Cannon v. University of Chicago’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
1,913 federal appellate · 712 district · 287 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5,578 later decisions (230 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Landgraf v. USI Film Products (1994), Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. (1982)
1,913 federal appellate · 712 district · 287 state decisions — followed in 36 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewed12 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 11,175, 14 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7770 Geraldine G. Cannon v. The University of Chicago, Geraldine G. Cannon v. Northwestern University (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Baker v. Carr
Cited together with Cort v. Ash · Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington · Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. Lewis · California v. Sierra Club · Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools
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 5,578 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance....”
199 later decisions quote this exact passage“No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
192 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is always appropriate to assume that our elected representatives, like other citizens, know the law....”
58 later decisions 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.