Brown v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
827 F.3d 609 · 2016
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 12112 (§ 102 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc. · Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP · Ortiz v. Jordan · Ortiz v. Jordan · Hansard v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co.
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'question of law' typically concerns 'the meaning of a statutory or constitutional provision, regulation, or common law doctrine rather than ... whether the party opposing summary judgment had raised a genuine issue of material fact'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The essential-function inquiry is a factual question, not a question of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“discriminat[ing] against a qualified individual on the basis of disability in regard to ... the ... discharge of employees ....”
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.