Lyons v. Potter’s Empirical Analysis
521 F.3d 981 · 2008
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently August 2024
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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. § 12117 (§ 107 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Boos v. Runyon · Biester v. Midwest Health Services, Inc. · Coons v. Mineta · Jessie v. Potter · Grant v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hen a complainant alleges sufficient facts which, if taken as true, establish a claim of equitable tolling, a court must give the complainant the opportunity to submit evidence on the issue.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a mental condition prevented him from understanding and managing his affairs generally and from complying with the deadline he seeks to toll.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he standard for tolling due to mental illness is a high one.”
2 later decisions 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.