Jones v. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
251 federal appellate · 195 district · 55 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,214 later decisions (13 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably Fowler v. UPMC Shadyside (2009), Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc. v. McVeigh (2006)
251 federal appellate · 195 district · 55 state decisions — followed in 17 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedYoung v. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 15B (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1658 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Franchise Tax Board of the State of California v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern California · Wilson v. Garcia · Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp. · Runyon v. McCrary
Cited together with McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan · Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Wilson v. Garcia · Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
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 1,214 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Except as otherwise provided by law, a civil action arising under an Act of Congress enacted after the date of the enactment of this section may not be commenced later than 4 years after the cause of action accrues.”
42 later decisions quote this exact passage“defined For purposes of this section, the term”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“aris[es] under an Act of Congress enacted after”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.