Bell v. Donley’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
15 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 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 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan · Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp.
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a plaintiff has an absolute right to withdraw from the administrative process after 180 days and bring suit in federal court.” The Bell court cited Wiley v. Johnson approvingly for the proposition that “a plaintiff 'cannot use a voluntary dismissal to avoid the requirements of exhaustion, as this would undermine the purposes behind the exhaustion doctrine.’”
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.