Pendleton v. Mukasey’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
31 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 1406 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Goldlawr, Inc. v. Heiman · Naartex Consulting Corp. v. Watt · Darby v. U.S. Department of Energy · 790 F. Supp. 311 - Armco Steel Co., LP v. CSX Corp. · 148 F. Supp. 2d 50 - 2215 Fifth Street Associates, LP v. U-Haul International, Inc.
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) in any judicial district in the State in which the unlawful employment practice is alleged to have been committed, (2) in the judicial district in which the records relevant to such practice are maintained and administered, or (3) in the judicial district in which the aggrieved person would have worked but for the alleged unlawful employment practice, but if the respondent is not found within any such district, such an action may be brought (4) within the judicial district in which the respondent has his principal office.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“accepts the plaintiff's well-pled factual allegations regarding venue as true, draws all reasonable inferences from those allegations in the plaintiff's favor, and resolves any factual conflicts in the plaintiff's favor.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall dismiss [the case], or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which it could have been brought.”
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.