Sheehan v. Purolator, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
839 F.2d 99 · 1988
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 9 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently November 2011 · most notably Galdieri-Ambrosini v. National Realty & Development Corp. (1998), Caridad v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad (1999)
9 federal appellate · 9 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 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon
Most-quoted passages
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“in Nichols's refusal to consider Sheehan for a field position is illogical unless Nichols would also have refused to take seriously a transfer request by a man because the man had children. There is nothing in the record--or in experience--to support this supposition. To the contrary, the record makes clear that elsewhere in the Company, managers were given written instructions, signed by the Company's highest officers, to be wary of giving substantial responsibility to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Courier fired her for cause and denied severance benefits. 11 Henoch was hired by Courier as a secretary in 1967. From then until March 1983, she worked in Courier's legal department at corporate headquarters. A non-lawyer, she performed para-professional duties, including preparing and filing with the Interstate Commerce Commission (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“) and its parent, Purolator, Inc. (now defunct), provide pickup and overnight delivery of materials by ground and air throughout the United States. At all relevant times, Courier had corporate headquarters in New Hyde Park, New York and more than 200 offices, terminals and garages across the country (collectively referred to as”
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.