Boyd v. Bechtel Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably Holmes v. Continental Can Co. (1983), Plummer v. Chemical Bank (1982)
4 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 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. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Hazelwood School District v. United States · Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“recognizing the potential conflict between attorneys and the class they represent, the Court should not blindly follow counsel's recommendations but give them appropriate weight in light of all factors surrounding the settlement”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The recommendations of plaintiffs' counsel should be given a presumption of reasonableness.”
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.