Douglas v. Hampton’s Empirical Analysis
512 F.2d 976 · 1975
Citation profile
64 federal appellate · 11 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 102 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 1998 · most notably Washington v. Davis (1976), Ralph M. Hackley v. Richard L. Roudebush, Administrator of Veterans Affairs (1975)
64 federal appellate · 11 district ·
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 28 U.S.C. § 294 · 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) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 5 U.S.C. § 3301 (Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998) · 5 U.S.C. § 3304
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · Bolling v. Sharpe · Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · McKart v. United States
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 102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Congress clearly intended to give public employees the same substantive rights and remedies that had previously been provided for employees in the private sector”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[¡judicial and administrative agencies ‘are to be deemed collaborative instru-mentalities of justice,’ ” and “[cjourts have frequently called upon administrative bodies ... for assistance in connec tion with issues falling within an area of administrative competence.” The District Court stated that it was exercising its discretion in remanding the case in the interest of sound judicial administration, and we cannot say that the decision to do so was erroneous. * * * [Footnote omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“These guidelines have been cited with approval by the Supreme Court, followed by all courts dealing with these issues, and recognized as controlling in at least one circuit. We think it unwise to depart from these accepted principles at this stage in the development of the law concerning equal employment opportunity.”
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.