Hardin v. Stynchcomb’s Empirical Analysis
691 F.2d 1364 · 1982
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 6 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably Holmes v. Continental Can Co. (1983), Cross
43 federal appellate · 6 district · 4 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Bell v. Wolfish · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States
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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When section 1983 is used as a parallel remedy for violation of section 703 of Title VII [42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000e-2], the elements of the two causes of action are the same.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Viola Williams Underwood v. Perry County Comm. · 67 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 844, 67 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 43,802 Kara Cross Debra York, Martha O'Quinn Melissa Weltin Mary Stalnacher Secunda Davis Carolyn Thacker, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees v. State of Alabama, State Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation J. Michael Horsley, Individually and as Associate Commissioner for the State Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation R. Emmett Poundstone, Iii, Individually and as Associate Commissioner for the State Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation Larry Stricklin, Individually and as Facility Director of the Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility“of being an American citizen, but rather the ability to provide decently for one's family in a job or profession for which he qualifies or chooses.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer-(l) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.