Shell v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
789 F.3d 715 · 2015
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 12111 (§ 101 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12112 (§ 102 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12113 (§ 103 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · Basith v. Cook County · Lawson v. CSX Transportation, Inc. · DePaoli v. Abbott Laboratories
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While the amount of time spent performing a task is but one factor to consider, a duty is 'not essential if it [is] so small a part that it could be reassigned to other employees at negligible cost to the employer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The court shall grant summary judgment if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
1 later decision 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.