King v. Yellow Freight System, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
523 F.2d 879 · 1975
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently December 2005 · most notably Moore v. City of Charlotte (1985), Donaldson v. Pillsbury Co. (1977)
37 federal appellate · 5 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. § 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 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Vaca v. Sipes · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · De Leon v. United States · Parham v. Southwestern Bell Telephone 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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for the action taken against the individual grievant.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"Although statistical evidence of a pattern or practice of discrimination is of probative value in an individual discrimination case for the purpose of showing motive, intent, or purpose, ... it is not determinative of an employer's reason for the action taken against the individual grievant." Id.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"Nor does appellant's use of statistics to support his case compel a different result. Statistics may be used to prove a claim of racial discrimination in a class action, ... but this case involves no class claim."”
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.