Smith v. Chicago Transit Authority’s Empirical Analysis
806 F.3d 900 · 2015
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Illinois Northern District Court)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Michigan v. Bryant · Staub v. Proctor Hospital · Staub v. Proctor Hospital · Wolf v. Buss Inc
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The legal analysis for discrimination claims under Title VII and § 1981 is identical[.]”
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.