D'Aprile v. Fleet Services Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
92 F.3d 1 · 1996
Citation profile
38
cited by 38 later decisions
2
states following
July 2006
most recently cited
16 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mesnick v. General Electric Co. · August v. Offices Unlimited, Inc.
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“August simply stands for the proposition that the - plaintiffs ability to work with reasonable accommodation is an element of a handicap employment discrimination ease under [the] Massachusetts law [at issue in that case]. Under the particular facts of that case, we found that August’s application for disability insurance, combined with his demonstrated inability to perform any work (before or after the requested accommodation) eliminated any genuine issue as to his ability to work with reasonable accommodation. Since D’Aprile never claimed to have been totally disabled during the time she requested her accommodation, and demonstrated her ability to work with the accommodation she requested, the reasoning of August does not apply-”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“application for disability benefits in this case may not have constituted the broad admission of incapacity”
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.