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Henry v. Lennox Industries, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

768 F.2d 746 · 1985

Citation profile

101

cited by 101 later decisions

states following

April 2016

most recently cited

50 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 101 later decisions — most recently April 2016 · most notably Yates v. AVCO Corp. (1987), Gutzwiller v. Fenik (1988)

50 federal appellate · 6 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 (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 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 · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody

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 101 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. John H. Stevens v. Tennessee Valley Authority · Abid Al-Marayati v. University of Toledo Glen Driscoll Karl Vezner and Sharron E. Doerner
“a constructive discharge exists if working conditions are such that a reasonable person would feel compelled to resign ... and 'requires an inquiry into the intent of the employer and the reasonably foreseeable impact of the employer's conduct on the employee.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Patricia Ann Butler v. Sharp Manufacturing Company of America · David Bielert v. Northern Ohio Properties
“either directly by persuading the court that a discriminatory reason more likely motivated the employer or indirectly by showing that the employer's proffered explanation is unworthy of credence.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Biver v. Saginaw Township Community Schools Board of Education for Saginaw Township Community Schools · 64 Ohio App. 3d 480 - Scandinavian Health Spa v. Civil Rights Commission

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.