Partlow v. Runyon’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently January 2010
1 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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. § 701 (Employment Opportunities for Individuals With Disabilities Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · School Board of Nassau County Florida v. H Arline · Mesnick v. General Electric Co. · Medina-Munoz v. Rj Reynolds Tobacco Company · Withrow v. Williams
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is whether the impairment, as perceived, would affect the individual's ability to find work across the spectrum of same or similar jobs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Even if auto-mechanic employers would generally perceive Partlow’s impairment in the same way as the Postal Service did, he still would probably not be disqualified from so many auto-meehanie-type jobs that such a perception would pose a significant impediment to his finding work.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“At most, plaintiff has established that defendant regarded him as unable to satisfy the requirements of a particular mechanic’s position due to his particular back problems. This does not render him handicapped under, nor does it entitle him to protection of the Act.”
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.