14 Fair empl.prac.cas. 235, 13 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 11,285 Miriam Conyers Roman v. Esb, Incorporated’s Empirical Analysis
550 F.2d 1343 · 1976
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 24 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 133 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Cullen v. Margiotta (1987), Davis v. Califano (1979)
40 federal appellate · 24 district · 3 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 · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · Hansberry v. Lee · Eason v. Dandridge
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 133 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable, (2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class, (3) the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class, and (4) the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e do not believe that isolated bits of statistical information necessarily make a prima facie case when divorced from other and contrary statistics and from the statistical picture of all the employment at the plant. We also think the absence of other evidence of discrimination should be considered in determining whether a prima facie case is made, just as the presence of other evidence of discrimination should be considered in arriving at the same conclusion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) As soon as practicable after the commencement of an action brought as a class action, the court shall determine by order whether it is to be so maintained. An order under this subdivision may be conditional, and may be altered or amended before the decision on the merits.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.