Leon Hickman v. Robert E. Fincher’s Empirical Analysis
483 F.2d 855 · 1973
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 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)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3615 (§ 816 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · Cole v. United States · Universal Builders, Inc. v. Clark · Tillman v. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Assn., Inc.
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) A complaint under subsection a. of this section shall be filed within 180 days after the alleged discriminatory housing practice occurred . * * * * * * (d) If within thirty days after a complaint is filed with the secretary or within thirty days after expiration of any period of reference under subsection (c) of this section, the secretary has been unable to obtain voluntary compliance with this subchapter, the person aggrieved may, within thirty days thereafter, commence a civil action in any appropriate United States District Court, against the respondent named in the complaint, to enforce the rights granted or protected by this subchapter, insofar as such rights relate to the subject of the complaint.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The legislative history of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, P.L. 92-261, which amended portions of Title VII of the 1964 Act, reinforces the view that the recent civil rights acts do not affect existing rights granted by pre vious legislation. See H.R. Report No. 92-238, 1972 U.S. Code Cong. & Ad. News, 92d Cong., 2d Sess., p. 2154 (1971); 118 Cong.Rec.S. 1458-1459, 1523, 1526, 1791-1797 (Daily ed. Feb. 8, 9 and 15, 1972).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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