Wallace v. Pyro Mining Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently March 2016
4 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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 (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · General Electric Co. v. Gilbert · Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty · Felix v. Young
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... WTiile it may be that breast-feeding and weaning are natural concomitants of pregnancy and childbirth, they are not “medical conditions” related thereto. Admittedly, the act does not define what constitute “related medical conditions.” However, the substantive references to “related medical conditions” within, that legislative history are all in the context of the extent to which female employees can be denied medical benefits, such as sick leave and health insurance coverage, arising from pregnancy and childbirth. Further, Congress’ express intent was to codify preGilbert EEOC guidelines that required “employers to treat disabilities caused or contributed to by pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, childbirth and recovery therefrom as all other temporary disabilities.” H.R. No. 948, 95th Cong. 2, reprinted in 1978 U.S. Code Cong. & Admin.News, 4749, 4750 (emphasis added). We believe these factors indicate Congress’ intent that “related medical conditions” be limited to incapacitating conditions for which medical care or treatment is usual and normal. Neither breast-feeding and weaning, nor difficulties arising therefrom, constitute such conditions.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[ I]f a woman wants to stay home to take care of the child, no benefit must be paid because this is not a medically determined condition related to pregnancy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“because of or ori the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions.”
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.