Dark v. Curry County’s Empirical Analysis
451 F.3d 1078 · 2006
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 15 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently April 2021 · most notably McBride v. BIC Consumer Products Manufacturing Co. (2009), Bates v. United Parcel Service, Inc. (2007)
14 federal appellate · 15 district · 6 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 12101 (§ 2 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12111 (§ 101 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12112 (§ 102 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12113 (§ 103 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12114 (§ 104 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett · Vidrio-Aleman 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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[The plaintiff/employee] has the burden of showing the existence of a reasonable accommodation that would have enabled him to perform the essential functions of an available job. To avoid summary judgment, however, [the plaintiff/employee] "need only show that an 'accommodation' seems reasonable on its face , i.e., ordinarily or in the run of cases."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an employer must consider not only those contemporaneously available positions but also those that will become available within a reasonable period.”) 25 . PRMC highlights that COMAR § 14.03.02.05(B)(5) stipulates that reassignment is a reasonable accommodation provided it”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“conduct resulting from a disability is considered to be part of the disability rather than a separate basis for termination and, as a matter of law, cannot qualify as a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for termination.”
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.