Lawler v. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis
698 F.2d 439 · 1983
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Roofing & Sheet Metal Services, Inc. v. La Quinta Motor Inns, Inc. · Carey v. Greyhound Bus Co.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The general rule is that a district court’s class certification order is final “unless there [has been] an abuse of discretion, or the court has applied impermissible legal criteria or standards.” Carey v. Greyhound Bus Co., 500 F.2d 1372, 1380 (5th Cir.1974).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We do not commend the presentation of this issue to the trial judge by counsel for appellants....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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