Taylor v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
653 F.2d 1193 · 1981
Citation profile
69 federal appellate · 14 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 139 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2021 · most notably Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson (1986), Jett v. Dallas Independent School District (1989)
69 federal appellate · 14 district · 8 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 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Edelman v. Jordan · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp
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 139 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We do not see any significant distinction for Title VII purposes, between a member of the Army or Air Force and a member of the reserve components of those forces, the National Guard. In neither case is the relationship between the government and the member of that employer-employee; military service differs materially from civilian employment, whether public or private, and is not appropriately governed by Title VII.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is ... possible that the Quern and Edelman decisions, which analyze the effect of section 1983 on the states’ immunity to damage suits, are not controlling in a suit based on section 1981. The language, purpose and legislative history of section 1981 are not entirely comparable to that of section 1983; thus its effect and scope must be separately examined. 8”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other.”
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.