Loeb v. Textron, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
600 F.2d 1003 · 1979
Citation profile
453 federal appellate · 143 district · 90 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 869 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2022 · most notably Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine (1981), Patterson v. McLean Credit Union (1989)
453 federal appellate · 143 district · 90 state decisions — followed in 30 states
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. § 215 · 29 U.S.C. § 216 · 29 U.S.C. § 217 · 29 U.S.C. § 255 · 29 U.S.C. § 260 · 29 U.S.C. § 623 (§ 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 631 (§ 12 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters
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 869 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he plaintiff must show (i) that he was within the protected class; (ii) “that he was doing his job well enough to rule out the possibility that he was fired for inadequate job performance”; and (iii) “that his employer sought a replacement with qualifications similar to his own, thus demonstrating a continued need for the same services and skills.””
25 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“'but for' his employer's motive to discriminate against him because of his age, he would not have been discharged.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“`plaintiff [has] his day in court despite the unavailability of direct evidence.'”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.