Marks v. Prattco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
607 F.2d 1153 · 1979
Citation profile
67 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 117 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2013 · most notably Nix v. WLCY Radio/Rahall Communications (1984), Whiting v. Jackson State University (1980)
67 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 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 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · United States v. United States Gypsum Co.
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 117 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) “The claim or defense asserted in the amended pleading arose out of the conduct, transaction, or occurrence set forth or attempted to be set forth in the original pleading”; (2) “The party to be brought in by amendment ... has received such notice of the institution of the action that he will not be prejudiced in maintaining his defense on the merits”; and (3) “The party to be' brought in by amendment .. . knew or should have known that, but for a mistake concerning the identity of the proper party, the action would have been brought against him.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) They are members of a protected minority; (2) They were qualified for the jobs from which they were discharged; (3) They were discharged; and (4) After they were discharged their employer filled the positions with nonminorities.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the burden of establishing a prima facie case of disparate treatment is not onerous.”
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.