Grayson v. K Mart Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
79 F.3d 1086 · 1996
Citation profile
54 federal appellate · 27 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 231 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably Alexander v. Fulton County (2000), David Hipp Brad Stein v. Liberty National Life Insurance Co (2001)
54 federal appellate · 27 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
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · Delaware State College v. Ricks · Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord
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 231 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t is clear that the requirements for pursuing [an FLSA] class action are independent of, and unrelated to, the requirements for a class action under Rule 23 [.]”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“[P]laintiffs bear the burden of demonstrating a reasonable basis for their claim of classwide discrimination. The plaintiffs may meet this burden, which is not heavy, by making substantial allegations of class-wide discrimination, that is, detailed allegations supported by affidavits which successfully engage defendants' affidavits to the contrary.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“'[P]laintiffs need show only that their positions are similar, not identical, to the positions held by the putative class members.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.