Ray v. Safeway Stores, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
614 F.2d 729 · 1980
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently August 2000 · most notably Kendrick v. Penske Transportation Services, Inc. (2000), Elizabeth Perry v. Judy Woodward the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Bernalillo (1999)
19 federal appellate · 7 district ·
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 (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters · Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · Taylor v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) belongs to a racial minority; (2) that he was qualified for his job; (3) that, despite his qualifications, he was discharged; and (4) that after his discharge the job remained available.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“articulate some legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason”
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.