Costa v. Markey’s Empirical Analysis
677 F.2d 158 · 1982
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · Bundy v. Jackson · Johnson v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. · 6 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1045, 6 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8974 the Vulcan Society of the New York City Fire Department, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Appellants v. Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Defendants-Appellants-Appellees, Nicholas M. Cianciotto, Intervenors-Defendants- Appellants-Appellees
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.
“[a]bsent any discriminatory purpose, we see no justification for looking behind a result that does not reveal a hiring that has a disproportionately adverse impact on the relevant minority labor pool.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Costa v. Markey
How this case has been treated — in progress
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