Thelma DAVIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES STEEL SUPPLY, DIVISION OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION’s Empirical Analysis
581 F.2d 335 · 1978
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 13 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 97 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2003 · most notably Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Novotny (1979), Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co. (1987)
39 federal appellate · 13 district · 5 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 Griffin v. Breckenridge · Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · Geary v. United States Steel Corp. · Frampton v. Central Indiana Gas Company · 174 Cal. App. 2d 184 - Petermann v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 396
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 97 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the essential nature of the federal claim within the scheme created by the various state statutes of limitation.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Essentially, Mrs. Davis complains that [her employer] demeaned her and fired her because of her race. In terms of legal relief, plaintiff's complaint does not seek damages for either property or bodily injury. The complaint seeks back wages and fringe benefits lost as a result of her firing.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the limitation ... which would be applicable in the courts of the state in which the federal court is sitting had an action seeking similar relief been brought under state law.”
3 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.