Archambault v. United Computing Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
786 F.2d 1507 · 1986
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently April 2012 · most notably Furr v. AT & T Technologies, Inc. (1987), Cassino v. Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. (1987)
31 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Pullman-Standard v. Swint · Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · Machinery Rental, Inc. v. Herpel · Gibson v. Mohawk Rubber 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he undisputed evidence clearly shows that [he] had no ability to employ [Ms.] Holland as a DP Tech following [the] IRS's determination.” However, to foreclose back pay, Sheriff Gee had to prove that Ms. Holland “would not have been retained in some other capacity.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]his production requirement is satisfied when the employer's evidence 'raises a genuine issue of fact as to whether it discriminated against the plaintiff.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the plaintiff then carries the burden of persuasion that the reasons offered for his discharge were merely a pretext for age discrimination.”
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.