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Bechold v. IGW Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

817 F.2d 1282 · 1987

Citation profile

cited by 45 later decisions

states following

November 2006

most recently cited

27 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently November 2006 · most notably Oliver POLLARD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. REA MAGNET WIRE COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant (1987), Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp. (1993)

27 federal appellate · 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

Applies 29 U.S.C. § 623 (§ 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)

Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Pullman-Standard v. Swint · Brooklier v. United States · La Montagne v. American Convenience Products, 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“genuinely and honestly made in an attempt to select the employees ... on the basis of performance related considerations.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Lee v. Illinois Department of Corrections J L · 838 F. Supp. 1279 - Bagnell v. Komatsu Dresser Co.
“becomes one of credibility in determining whether the belief is genuinely held”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Oliver POLLARD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. REA MAGNET WIRE COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant · Juanita REEDER-BAKER, Plaintiff-Appellee. v. LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant
“Where it is clear that the district court made a credibility determination in arriving at its findings of fact, we have treated such findings as tantamount to credibility determinations. We will not require a specific incantation when the basis of a finding is otherwise clear.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Mary L. Cartwright & the Northwest Indiana Open Housing Center v. American Savings & Loan Association · Cartwright v. American Savings & Loan Ass'n

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.