23 Fair Emplpraccas 748 23 Empl Prac Dec P 31186’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · Sosna v. Iowa · Franks v. Bowman Transportation 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“leaves us with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made. There can be no doubt, based upon the record in this case, about the existence of a discriminatory purpose.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“purposeful discrimination in connection with the establishment ... of the system,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although discrimination vel non is essentially a question of fact it is, at the same time, the ultimate issue for resolution in this case, being expressly proscribed by 42 USCA § 2000e-2(a). As such, a finding of discrimination or non-discrimination is a finding of ultimate fact. In reviewing the district court’s findings, therefore, we will proceed to make an independent determination of appellant’s allegations of discrimination, though bound by findings of subsid iary fact which are themselves not clearly erroneous, (citations omitted) (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Jones
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.