Bihler v. Singer Co.’s Empirical Analysis
710 F.2d 96 · 1988
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2014 · most notably Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki (2008), Sullivan v. Board of Police Commissioners (1985)
36 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 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 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on Delaware State College v. Ricks · Easton v. United States · Bonham v. Dresser Industries, Inc. · Dickerson v. Deluxe Check Printers, Inc. · Betty J. MOSES, Appellant, v. FALSTAFF BREWING CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Appellee
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order to constitute a charge that satisfies the requirement of section 626(d), notice to the EEOC must be of a kind that would convince a reasonable person that the grievant has manifested an intent to activate the Act's machinery.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“First, it puts the employer on notice that a complaint has been lodged against him and gives him the opportunity to take remedial action. Second, it gives the EEOC notice of the alleged violation and an opportunity to fulfill its statutory responsibility of seeking to eliminate any alleged unlawful practice by informal methods of conciliation, conference, and persuasion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“conciliation, conference, and persuasion.”
2 later decisions 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.