Sims v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
725 F.2d 1143 · 1984
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 90 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2002 · most notably Mondy v. Secretary of the Army (1988), Wolfolk v. Rivera (1984)
51 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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. § 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)
Relies on United States v. Nixon · United States v. Sherwood · Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · Federal Crop Ins Corporation v. Merrill · Brown v. General Services Administration
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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) affect individual rights and obligations, (2) have been promulgated in compliance with statutory procedures under a delegation of legislative authority, (3) not be arbitrary and capricious, and (4) be reasonably related to the purposes of the enabling legislation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Eagle v. Regan · Rennie v. Garrett“The complainant brought to the attention of the Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor the matter causing him to believe he had been discriminated against within 30 calendar days of the date of that matter, or, if a personnel action, within 30 calendar days of its effective date. The complainant or his representative submitted his written complaint to an appropriate official within 15 calendar days of the date of his final interview with the Equal Opportunity Counselor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The agency shall extend the time limits in this section: (i) When the complainant shows that he was not notified of the time limits and was not otherwise aware of them, or that he was prevented by circumstances beyond his control from submitting the matter within the time limits; or (ii) for other reasons considered sufficient by the agency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tillett v. Carlin
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.