858 F. Supp. 1572 - Larkins v. CIBA Vision Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably Holbrook v. City of Alpharetta (1997), Jacques v. Clean-Up Group, Inc. (1996)
6 federal appellate · 5 district · 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 42 U.S.C. § 12102 (§ 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12111 (§ 101 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12112 (§ 102 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Johnson v. Mississippi
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The employer’s judgment as to which functions are essential; (2) Written job descriptions prepared before advertising or interviewing applicants for the job; (3) The amount of time spent on the job performing the function; (4) The consequences of not requiring the incumbent to perform the function; (5) The terms of a collective bargaining agreement; (6) The work experience of past incumbents in the job; and/or (7) The current work experience of incumbents in similar jobs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An employer or other covered entity may restructure a job by reallocating or redistributing non-essential, marginal job functions .... An employer or other covered entity is not required to reallocate essential functions. The essential functions are by definition those that the individual who holds the job would have to perform, with or without accommodation, in order to be considered qualified or the position.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“job restructuring, part-time or modified work schedules; reassignment to a vacant position, acquisition or modifications of equipment or devices, appropriate adjustment or modifications of examinations, training materials or policies, ... and other similar accommodations for individuals with disabilities.”
2 later decisions 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.