Riley v. Bendix Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
464 F.2d 1113 · 1972
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2022 · most notably Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison (1977), Martha D. YOUNG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee (1975)
24 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 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 Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · Udall v. Tallman · Power Reactor Development Co. v. International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers · Dewey v. Reynolds Metals Co. · United States v. City of Chicago
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The term “religion” includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief, unless an employer demonstrates that he is unable to reasonably accommodate to an employee’s or prospective employee’s religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer’s business.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(A) In 1964, Title VII was passed, effective July 2, 1965. Section 703(a)(1) of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a) (1) states that: It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer- — (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, col- or, religion, sex or national origin. (B) On July 10, 1967, EEOC Regulation 1605.1(b) (29 C.F.R.1605) was adopted. That regulation, designed to provide guidelines with respect to religious discrimination and Title VII, provides: (b) The Commission believes that the duty not to discriminate on religious grounds, required by section 703(a)(1) of the Civil Rights Act of”
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.