Scherr v. Woodland School Community Consolidated District No. 50’s Empirical Analysis
867 F.2d 974 · 1988
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently August 2014 · most notably Corrugated Paper Products, Inc. v. Longview Fibre Co. (1989), Dormeyer v. Comerica Bank-Illinois (2000)
13 federal appellate · 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. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · General Electric Co. v. Gilbert · Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(k) The terms "because of sex” or "on the basis of sex” include, but are not limited to, because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; and women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions shall be treated the same for all employment-related purposes, including receipt of benefits under fringe benefit programs, as other persons not so affected but similar in their ability or inability to work, and nothing in section 2000e-2(h) of this title shall be interpreted to permit otherwise ....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(1) fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex or national origin.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“as a definition amendment, the PDA provides no substantive rule to govern pregnancy discrimination.”
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.