Reed v. Lear Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
556 F.3d 674 · 2009
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently August 2020
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 29 U.S.C. § 2601 (§ 2 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 2612 (§ 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 2617 (§ 107 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)
Relies on Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc. · Rhoads v. Federal Deposit Insurance · Nancy Kosakow v. New Rochelle Radiology Associates Pc · Duty v. Norton-Alcoa Proppants · Farley v. Benefit Trust Life Insurance
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To overcome a motion for summary judgment, `[a] plaintiff may not merely point to unsupported self-serving allegations, but must substantiate allegations with sufficient probative evidence that would permit a finding in the plaintiff's favor.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If, at the time when he acted, such party had knowledge of the truth, or had the means by which with reasonable diligence he could acquire the knowledge..., he cannot claim to have been misled by relying upon the representation or concealment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Reed never submitted a completed form stating that he could not work because of a qualifying health condition. Accordingly, Reed never made a provisional showing that he was eligible for leave under the FMLA.”
1 later decision 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.