Wright v. Olin Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
697 F.2d 1172 · 1982
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 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 (§ 705 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 · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by showing that the body of opinion believing that significant risk exists is so considerable `that an informed employer could not responsibly fail to act on the assumption that this opinion might be the accurate one.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“id. at 1186, but nonetheless offered the following justification for selecting (and then modifying) the disparate impact model: 14 The inappropriateness of applying the overt discrimination/b.f.o.q. theory of claim and defense--or, more accurately, of treating it as the exclusively applicable, hence dispositive, theory--is that, properly applied, it would prevent the employer from asserting a justification defense which under developed Title VII doctrine it is entitled to present. 15 Id. at 1185 n. 21.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“We must start by conceding that the fact situation [the fetal protection policy] presents does not fit with absolute precision into any of the developed theories. It differs in some respects--either in its claim or defense elements--from each of the paradigmatic fact situations with which the different theories have been centrally concerned. This of course accounts for the conflict on the point between the parties. 68”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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