Fuller v. Frank’s Empirical Analysis
916 F.2d 558 · 1990
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 7 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably Myers v. Hose (1995), Burch v. Coca-Cola Co. (1997)
44 federal appellate · 7 district · 6 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 29 U.S.C. § 706 · 29 U.S.C. § 790 · 29 U.S.C. § 791 · 29 U.S.C. § 793
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Brae Transportation, Inc. v. Coopers & Lybrand · Mantolete v. Bolger · Johnston v. Horne
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An agency shall make reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified handicapped applicant or employee unless the agency can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of its program.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... if Fuller’s approach were the law, an employee could conceivably forestall dismissal indefinitely by repeatedly entering treatment whenever dismissal becomes imminent due to a relapse. The last chance agreement would have been meaningless had Fuller been allowed another chance to obtain treatment after having been informed that further violations would not be tolerated. Id.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“between treatment and discipline; (3) afford an opportunity for outpatient treatment, with discipline for continued drinking or failures to participate; (4) afford an opportunity for inpatient treatment, if outpatient treatment fails; and (5) absent special circumstances, discharge the employee for further relapse.'”
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.