Bell v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
557 F.2d 849 · 1977
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 7 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 81 later decisions — most recently July 2017 · most notably Gordon v. National Youth Work Alliance (1982), Bethel v. Jefferson (1978)
40 federal appellate · 7 district · 4 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 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 Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · Udall v. Tallman · Link v. Wabash Railroad · Brown v. General Services Administration · Morton v. Mancari
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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“courts confronted with procedural ambiguities in the statutory framework have, with virtual unanimity, resolved them in favor of the complaining party.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]n administrative interpretation of a statute by an agency entrusted with its administration commands great deference in the courts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Civil Service Commission's interpretations of (section 717(c)) have consistently reflected the theme that the 30-day period for suit is not set in motion until notice of the final administrative action is obtained by the affected employee, irrespective of when it might reach a representative.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cooper v. Lewis
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.