Griffin v. Carlin’s Empirical Analysis
755 F.2d 1516 · 1985
Citation profile
78 federal appellate · 6 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 230 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2024 · most notably Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust (1988), Alexander v. Fulton County (2000)
78 federal appellate · 6 district · 8 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 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Griggs v. Duke Power 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 230 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“as broad as the scope of the [administrative] 'investigation which could reasonably be expected to grow out of the charge of discrimination.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable; (2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class; (3) the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class; and (4) the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“qualified, experienced, and generally able to conduct the proposed litigation.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.