Parcinski v. Outlet Co.’s Empirical Analysis
673 F.2d 34 · 1982
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently July 2014 · most notably Cronin v. Aetna Life Insurance (1995), Montana v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n (1989)
31 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 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 · Williams v. General Motors Corp. · Kephart v. Institute of Gas Technology · Geller v. Markham
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“essential corporate belt-tightening” there was properly viewed as a "business decision made on a rational basis” and then stated that the ADEA “does not authorize the courts to judge the wisdom of a corporation's business decisions.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that an employee's age be treated in a neutral fashion, neither facilitating nor hindering advancement, demotion, or discharge.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Air Line Pilots Association, International v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., Harold H. Thurston and Nicholas Vasilaros, Defendants- Intervenors Harold H. Thurston, Christopher J. Clark and C. A. Parkhill, Plaintiffs- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. And Air Line Pilots Association, International · Air Line Pilots Ass'n International v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.“Assuming there were lower echelon, poorer paying jobs in the restructured enterprise which [appellants] were qualified to fill, [the employer] would be met with serious morale problems arising out of the substantial reductions in responsibilities and salaries that would accompany such moves.”
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.