Hendrix v. Joseph’s Empirical Analysis
559 F.2d 1265 · 1977
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently June 1995 · most notably United States v. Marengo County Commission (1984), Nevett v. Sides (1978)
17 federal appellate · 1 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 East Carroll Parish School Board v. Marshall · Zimmer v. McKeithen · Bradas v. Rapides Parish Police Jury · Henry W. McGill for Himself and Others Similarly Situated v. Gadsden County Commission, Witt Campbell, for Himself and Others Similarly Situated v. Gadsden County School Board · Nevett v. Sides
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This finding alone, however, is not enough . . . Hiring disparity is relevant at all only because it is suggestive of the fact that the Commission believes it can treat black citizens unequally with impunity. Such a belief, of course, is in turn a symptom of dilution . . . The allocation of jobs is only one piece of the puzzle.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Aranda v. Van Sickle“the hiring disparity here is indicative of some measure of lack of responsiveness since the prerequisites to a hiring discrimination lawsuit include a showing of intentional refusal to hire otherwise qualified persons by the defendant Commission,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Aranda v. Van Sickle“The factual question is whether that discrimination precludes effective participation in the electoral system by blacks today in such a way that it can be remedied by a change in electoral systems.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Aranda v. Van Sickle
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.