Hornick v. Noyes’s Empirical Analysis
708 F.2d 321 · 1983
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently December 2008 · most notably Welsh v. Boy Scouts of America (1993), McCluney v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. (1984)
15 federal appellate · 3 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000A (Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000A
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. · Nesmith v. Young Men's Christian Ass'n of Raleigh
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the paradigmatic Title II case the only personal interaction, and consequently the only locus of discrimination, is the ‘vertical’ interaction between the proprietor of the motel, theater or restaurant (or his agent) who refuses to permit a minority traveler or patron to make use of the facilities; any alleged discriminatory behavior is on the part of the defendant proprietor (or his agents for whom he is responsible).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Equal Access: All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation ... without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“was a member of a protected class, that she was evicted, and that her room remained available for occupancy by others.”
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.