Brown v. Nucor Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
785 F.3d 895 · 2015
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“); there are questions of law or fact common to the class (”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“At the initial, 'liability' stage of a pattern-or-practice suit the Government is not required to offer evidence that each person for whom it will ultimately seek relief was a victim of the employer's discriminatory policy. Its burden is to establish a prima facie case that such a policy existed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“A class action may only be certified if the trial court is satisfied, after a thorough analysis , that the prerequisites of Rule 23(a) of the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure have been satisfied.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.