Ficalora v. Lockheed California Co.’s Empirical Analysis
751 F.2d 995 · 1985
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently December 2014 · most notably Weinberger v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. (1991), Class
17 federal appellate · 1 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)
Relies on S.S. Zoe Colocotroni v. Puerto Rico · Cabrera-Martinez v. United States · Officers for Justice v. Civil Service Commission · Mendoza II v. United States · Mandujano v. Basic Vegetable Products, Inc.
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Before approving a class action settlement, the district court must reach a reasoned judgment that the proposed agreement is not the product of fraud or overreaching by, or collusion among, the negotiating parties....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,507 Class Chemical Bank, in Its Representative Capacity as Trustee for Bondholders v. City of Seattle Public Utility District No. 1 of Ferry County, Washington Public Utility District No. 1 of Kittitas County, Washington Oregon Public Entities, Benton Rural Electric Association, Washington Small Utilities Group, Alder Mutual Light Company City of Blaine, Washington, City of Sumas, Washington Orcas Power & Light Company, Washington Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington Washington Public Utilities Group Public Utility District No. 1 of Mason County Town of Steilacoom Chelan County Public Utility District, Douglas County Public Utility District Grant County Public Utility District Public Utility District No. 1 of Clallam County City of Richland Public Utility District No. 1 of Franklin County Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County Columbia Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. Wood Dawson Smith & Hellman Washington Public Power Supply System R.W. Beck and Associates, Ebasco Services Incorporated United Engineers & Constructors, Inc. Director Participants' Committee Public Utility District No. 1, of Klickitat County United States of America, on Behalf of Itself and Its Agency, the Bonneville Power Administration State of Washington Blyth Eastman Paine Webber Incorporated, Bernard A. Heerey, Applicants in Intervention Class Chemical Bank, in Its Representative Capacity as Trustee for Bondholders v. City of Seattle Public Utility District No. 1 of Ferry County, Washington Public Utility District No. 1 of Kittitas County, Washington Oregon Public Entities, Benton Rural Electric Association, Washington Small Utilities Group, Alder Mutual Light Company City of Blaine, Washington, City of Sumas, Washington Orcas Power & Light Company, Washington Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington Washington Public Utilities Group Public Utility District No. 1 of Mason County Town of Steilacoom Chelan County Public Utility District, Douglas County Public Utility District Grant County Public Utility District Public Utility District No. 1 of Clallam County City of Richland Public Utility District No. 1 of Franklin County Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County Columbia Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. Wood Dawson Smith & Hellman Washington Public Power Supply System R.W. Beck and Associates, Ebasco Services Incorporated United Engineers & Constructors, Inc. Director Participants' Committee Public Utility District No. 1, of Klickitat County United States of America, on Behalf of Itself and Its Agency, the Bonneville Power Administration State of Washington City of McMinnville Oregon City of Drain, Oregon Alan H. Jones Blyth Eastman Paine Webber Incorporated, C. Richard Lehmann, Applicant in Intervention Class Chemical Bank in Its Representative Capacity as Trustee for Bondholders, Arthur Hoffer, L.T. Samuels Norman Benson John Joseph Eugene L. Lentzner Ann Lentzner as Co-Trustees of the Eugene Lentzner and Ann Lentzner Living Trust v. City of Seattle Public Utility District No. 1 of Ferry County, Washington Public Utility District No. 1 of Kittitas County, Washington Oregon Public Entities, Benton Rural Electric Association, Washington Small Utilities Group, Alder Mutual Light Company City of Blaine, Washington, City of Sumas, Washington Orcas Power & Light Company, Washington Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington Washington Public Utilities Group Public Utility District No. 1 of Mason County Town of Steilacoom Chelan County Public Utility District, Douglas County Public Utility District Grant County Public Utility District Public Utility District No. 1 of Clallam County City of Richland Public Utility District No. 1 of Franklin County Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County Columbia Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. Wood Dawson Smith & Hellman Washington Public Power Supply System R.W. Beck and Associates, Ebasco Services Incorporated United Engineers & Constructors, Inc. Director Participants' Committee Public Utility District No. 1, of Klickitat County United States of America, on Behalf of Itself and Its Agency, the Bonneville Power Administration State of Washington City of McMinnville Oregon City of Drain, Oregon Alan H. Jones Blyth Eastman Paine Webber Incorporated, Class Chemical Bank, in Its Representative Capacity as Trustee for Bondholders v. City of Seattle Public Utility District No. 1, Bernard A. Heerey, Applicant in Intervention Class Chemical Bank, in Its Representative Capacity as Trustee for Bondholders v. City of Seattle Public Utility District No. 1, C. Richard Lehmann, Applicant in Intervention · Class“to protect class members, including the named plaintiffs, whose rights may not have been given due regard by the negotiating parties.”
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.