Morris v. Office Max, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
89 F.3d 411 · 1996
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 22 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 127 later decisions — most recently May 2024 · most notably Rutstein v. Avis Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc. (2000), Christian v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (2001)
37 federal appellate · 22 district · 3 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. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · Rivers v. Roadway Express, Inc. · Tillman v. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Assn., Inc. · Mian v. Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. · Phelps v. Wichita Eagle-Beacon
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 127 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the making, performance, modification, and termination of contracts, and the enjoyment of all benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of the contractual relationship.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a plaintiff must: (1) be a member of a racial minority; (2) show that the defendants intended to discriminate on the basis of race; and (3) show that the defendants’ activities concern the making, performance, modification, or termination of a contract, the enjoyment of the benefits of a contractual relationship, or the conditions of a contractual relationship.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] claim for interference with the right to make and enforce a contract must allege the actual loss of a contract interest”
5 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.