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Kellin v. ACF Industries’s Empirical Analysis

629 F.2d 532 · 1980

Citation profile

11
cited by 11 later decisions
January 1986
most recently cited

9 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 704 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)

Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Burdine v. Texas Department of Community Affairs · Nielson v. Armstrong Rubber Co. · Southern Illinois Stone Company v. Universal Engineering Corporation · Bowers v. Kraft Foods Corp.

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “express[ed] no opinion as to ... what further proceedings may be required by the district court in resolving [the retaliation issue.]”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “We do not decide the case anew, but review the trial court's decision,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “circumstantial evidence supporting [plaintiff's] claim.”
    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.