Paterson v. Weinberger’s Empirical Analysis
644 F.2d 521 · 1981
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 5 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 203 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably DeMelo v. Toche Marine, Inc. (1983), Eaton v. Dorchester Development, Inc. (1982)
34 federal appellate · 5 district · 5 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
Relies on Brown v. General Services Administration · Mortensen v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n · Menchaca v. Chrysler Credit Corp. · James F. EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL SALES, INC., Defendant-Appellee
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 203 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f those jurisdictional allegations are sufficient, the complaint stands.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]fter the administrative complaint has been filed with the [EEOC], a civil action then may be instituted.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“§ 794a. Remedies and attorney fees (a)(1) The remedies, procedures, and rights set forth in section 717 of the Civil Rights act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-16), including the application of sections 706(f) through 706(k) (42 U.S.C. 2000e- 5(f) through (k)), shall be available, with respect to any complaint under section 791 of this title, to any employee or applicant for employment aggrieved by the final disposition of such complaint, or by the failure to take final action on such complaint. In fashioning an equitable or affirmative action remedy under such section, a court may take into account the reasonableness of the cost of any necessary work place accommodation, and the availability of alternatives therefor or other appropriate relief in order to achieve an equitable and appropriate remedy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Golyar v. McCausland
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.