Bronk v. Ineichen’s Empirical Analysis
54 F.3d 425 · 1995
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 12 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 109 later decisions — most recently March 2021 · most notably Woodworker's Supply, Inc. v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance (1999), Newman v. GHS Osteopathic, Inc., Parkview Hospital Division (1995)
42 federal appellate · 12 district · 14 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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. § 3601 (§ 801 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968)) · 42 U.S.C. § 3604 (§ 804 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on Monsanto Company v. Spray-Rite Service Corporation · Vande Zande v. State of Wisconsin Department of Administration R · McNabola v. Chicago Transit Authority · Spray-Rite Services Corp. v. Monsanto 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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he concept of necessity requires at a minimum the showing that the desired accommodation will affirmatively enhance a disabled plaintiff's quality of life by ameliorating the effects of the disability.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“cost (to the defendant) and benefit (to the plaintiff) merit consideration as well.”
5 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.