Ward v. McDonald’s Empirical Analysis
762 F.3d 24 · 2014
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 19 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 701 (Employment Opportunities for Individuals With Disabilities Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 794 · 42 U.S.C. § 12111 (§ 101 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Taylor v. Phoenixville School District · Beck v. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents · Woodruff v. Peters
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“fails to communicate, by way of initiation or response.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“flexible give-and-take between employer and employee so that together they can determine what accommodation would enable the employee to continue working.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“should be able to cause a breakdown in the process for the purpose of either avoiding or inflicting liability.”
3 later decisions 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.