Harris v. Brock’s Empirical Analysis
835 F.2d 1190 · 1987
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · Block v. North Dakota Board of University and School Lands North Dakota Board of University and School Lands · Lehman v. Nakshian · Blanton v. General Electric Credit Corp.
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“civil action the head of the department, agency, or unit, as appropriate, shall be the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Espinueva v. Garrett“must strictly construe any conditions attached to the government's waiver of sovereign immunity.”
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.