Rogers v. Loether’s Empirical Analysis
467 F.2d 1110 · 1972
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 7 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2023 · most notably Curtis v. Loether (1974), Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. Knudson (2002)
43 federal appellate · 7 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 3604 (§ 804 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3612 (§ 812 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover · Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · Ross v. Bernhard · Porter v. Warner Holding Co.
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is not unreasonable to regard an award of back pay [under Title VII] as an appropriate exercise of a chancellor's power to require restitution. Restitution is clearly an equitable remedy.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““If the court finds a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, the court may, subject to the provisions of section 3612 of this title, enjoin the respondent from engaging in such practice or order such affirmative action as may be appropriate.” 42 U.S.C. § 3612 states: “The court may grant . . . any permanent or temporary injunction, temporary restraining order, or other order, and may award to the plaintiff actual damages and not more than $1,000 punitive damages, together with court costs and reasonable attorney fees in the case of a prevailing plaintiff.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The distinction drawn in the opinion (Jones &.Laughlin) is not between substantive rights derived from the common law as opposed to those created by statute; it is the difference between a proceeding ‘in the nature of a suit at common law’ and a ‘statutory proceeding’.””
2 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.