Norcross v. Sneed’s Empirical Analysis
755 F.2d 113 · 1985
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Monette v. Electronic Data Systems Corp. (1996), Craft v. Metromedia, Inc. (1985)
27 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
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 29 U.S.C. § 794
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · Pullman-Standard v. Swint
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is significant that the section 504 plaintiff must show that handicap was the sole reason for the decision, while the Title VII plaintiff pursuing a disparate treatment claim need only show that a protected classification was a factor influencing the decision.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States, as defined in section 706(8)[ [9] ] of this title, shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“otherwise qualified handicapped individual”
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.