Lindsey v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co.’s Empirical Analysis
810 F.2d 1094 · 1987
Citation profile
73 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 114 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp. (1993), Starceski 94-3208 v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation 94-3182 (1995)
73 federal appellate · 9 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 29 U.S.C. § 216 · 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover · Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · Lorillard v. Pons
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 114 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Congress intended for [ADEA] liquidated damages to be punitive in nature,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“ADEA liquidated damages awards punish and deter violators, while FLSA liquidated damages merely compensate for damages that would be difficult to calculate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]here is no logical way to square a finding of intentional discrimination with a finding of good faith on the employer's part.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. 44 Fair empl.prac.cas. 628, 44 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 37,319 Linda Lorie Spanier, Cross-Appellee v. Morrison's Management Services, Inc., a Corporation Morrison, Inc., a Corporation, Cross-Appellants · Joe E. Cooper, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Asplundh Tree Expert Company, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee
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.