48 F. Supp. 2d 747 - Becton v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 704 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Elrod v. Burns · County of Sacramento v. Lewis · Bishop v. Wood · Duncan v. State of Louisiana · Meyer v. State of Nebraska
Most-quoted passages
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“[A] plaintiff's harm is not irreparable if there is an adequate remedy at law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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