Cole v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 2613 (§ 103 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White · Kowal v. MCI Communications Corp. · Bowden v. United States · Rochon v. Gonzales
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“settlement agreements releasing [federal discrimination] claims that were or could have been alleged in the underlying case `are routinely enforced'”
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.