Meyer v. Brown & Root Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis
661 F.2d 369 · 1981
Citation profile
61 federal appellate · 7 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 114 later decisions — most recently January 2024 · most notably Lojek v. Thomas (1983), Goss 83-1598 v. Exxon Office Systems Company 83-1557 (1984)
61 federal appellate · 7 district · 7 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 · Houltin v. United States · Magna Oil Corp. v. Bateson · International Longshoremen's Ass'n, Local 1291 v. Philadelphia Marine Trade Ass'n
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 114 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An injunction must simply be framed so that those enjoined will know what conduct the court has prohibited.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] general injunction which in essence orders a defendant to obey the law is not permitted.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An individual who brings a Title VII suit “takes on the mantle of the sovereign”. Jenkins v. United Gas Corp., 400 F.2d 28, 32 (5th Cir.1980). The clear purposes of Title VII are to eliminate discrimination and recompense those who have suffered for it. This Court has said ... the court trying a Title VII suit bears a special responsibility in this public interest to resolve the employement dispute by determining the facts regardless of the individual plaintiff’s position, Bowe v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., 416 F.2d 711, 715 (7th Cir.1969), for “[w]hether in name or not the suit is perforce a sort of class action for fellow employees similarly situated”. Jenkins v. United Gas Co., 400 F.2d 28, 33 (5th Cir.1968).”
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.