Sedlacek v. Hach’s Empirical Analysis
752 F.2d 333 · 1985
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently February 2014 · most notably Knowlton v. Teltrust Phones, Inc. (1999), Jones v. American State Bank (1988)
7 federal appellate · 6 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 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Topsy's International, Inc. v. Seiffer · Parham v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. · Miller v. International Paper Co. · Lorraine Evans v. Sheraton Park Hotel Lorraine Evans v. Sheraton Park Hotel, Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As a general rule, a complainant must file a charge against a party with the EEOC before she can sue that party under Title VII. See, e.g., EEOC v. McLean Trucking Co., 525 F.2d 1007, 1011 (6th Cir.1975); Evans v. Sheraton Park Hotel, 503 F.2d 177, 181 (D.C.Cir.1974); Williams v. General Foods Corp., 492 F.2d 399, 404 (7th Cir.1974). Exceptions to this rule have been recognized, however, when “substantial identity” exists between the parties before the EEOC and the trial court. See Chastang v. Flynn and Emrich Co., 365 F.Supp. 957, 964 (D.Md.1973) aff'd on this point, 541 F.2d 1040 (4th Cir.1976); Hawkins v. Allis-Chalmers Corp., 527 F.Supp. 895 , 897 n. 1 (W.D.Mo.1981). See also Stevenson v. International Paper Co., 432 F.Supp. 390, 395, 397-98 (W.D.La.1977) (noting exception when parties are “engaged in close legal relationship”); EEOC v. Upjohn Corp., 445 F.Supp. 635, 638 (N.D.Ga.1977) (noting exception when corporate parties are so closely related in their activities and management as to constitute an integrated enterprise).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(i) by filing timely charges of employment discrimination with the Commission and (ii) by receiving and acting upon the Commission's statutory notice of the right to sue, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 2000e-5(a) and 2000e-5(e).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Defendants in Title VII actions ... do not have a right under the statute to conciliation attempts.”
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.