Edith M. HOLTHAUS, Appellant, v. COMPTON & SONS, INC., a Corporation, Appellee’s Empirical Analysis
514 F.2d 651 · 1975
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently November 2015 · most notably Wheelock College v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (1976), Harper v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. (1975)
19 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · Wiener v. California · Sprogis v. United Air Lines, Inc. · Wetzel v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] written or unwritten employment policy or practice which excludes from employment . . . employees because of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition, is in prima facie violation of Title VII. 29 C.F.R. § 1604.10 (a), 1972 (emphasis added.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Disabilities caused or contributed to by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, for all job-related purposes, shall be treated the same as disabilities caused or contributed to by other medical conditions, under any health or disability insurance or sick leave plan available in connection with employment. Written or unwritten employment policies and practices involving matters such as the commencement and duration of leave ... shall be applied to disability due to pregnancy ... on the same terms and conditions as they are applied to other disabilities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Although McDonnell Douglas dealt with a claim of racial discrimination, the Court has indicated that the same considerations would apply to a sex discrimination complaint under Title VII. Edwin L. Wiegard Co. v. Jurinko, 414 U.S. 970 [ 94 S.Ct. 293 , 38 L. Ed.2d 214 ], vacating mem., 477 F.2d 1038 (3rd Cir. 1973).” Holthaus v. Compton & Sons, Inc., 514 F.2d 651 , filed April 10,1975 (8th Cir.).”
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.