Carty v. Carlin’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 4 district · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 701 (Employment Opportunities for Individuals With Disabilities Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 706 · 29 U.S.C. § 791
Relies on Southeastern Community College v. Davis · Ford Motor Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Harris v. McRae · Prewitt v. United States Postal Service · Jasany v. United States Postal Service
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Examination of the [appropriate C.F.R. section] le[a]ds to the ultimate conclusion that the duty to reasonably accommodate only contemplates accommodation of a qualified handicapped employee's present position.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Agencies shall give full consideration to the hiring, placement, and advancement of qualified mentally and physically handicapped persons. The federal government shall become a model employer of handicapped individuals. An agency shall not discriminate against a qualified physically or mentally handicapped person, (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“... handicapped person who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the position in question without endangering the health and safety of the individual or others____”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Montgomery v. Frank
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.