Burke v. Margolis’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
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Applies 29 U.S.C. § 623 (§ 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · National Labor Relations Board v. International Longshoremen's Ass'n · California Department of Transportation v. Naegele Outdoor Advertising Co. of California · Kent v. Sanborn Cooperative Grain 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Plaintiff was employed by the Illinois State Police and its predecessor agencies from 1968 until his retirement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(i) It shall not be unlawful for an employer which is a State ... [or] an agency ... of a State ... to discharge any individual because of such individual’s age if such action is taken— (1) With respect to the employment of an individual as a ... law enforcement officer and the individual has attained the age of ... retirement in effect under applicable State or local law on March 3, 1983, and (2) Pursuant to a bona fide ... retirement plan that is not a subterfuge to evade the purposes of this Act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(7) Police and Firefighter Retirement. Imposing a mandatory retirement age for ... law enforcement officers if prior to December 31, 1993, the law enforcement officer ... has attained the age of retirement in effect under applicable state or local law on March 3, 1983 and if such retirement action is taken pursuant to a bona fide retirement plan.”
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.