Stumph v. Thomas & Skinner, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
770 F.2d 93 · 1985
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 89 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably Shager v. Upjohn Co. (1990), McCoy v. WGN Continental Broadcasting Co. (1992)
34 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · White Motor Company v. United States
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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the Company was going to have to get rid of some of its older employees and get a young, aggressive organization in place for when the economy turned around.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]n opposition to a motion for summary judgment a plaintiff should be required to do no more than offer proof which casts doubt upon the veracity of the employer's stated reasons for its action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) he was a member of the protected class (persons aged 40 to 70); (2) he was qualified for his position; (3) he was terminated; and (4) he was replaced in his position by a younger person.”
2 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.