Beshears v. Asbill’s Empirical Analysis
930 F.2d 1348 · 1991
Citation profile
92 federal appellate · 21 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 196 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Mooney v. Aramco Services Co. (1995), Hutson v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. (1995)
92 federal appellate · 21 district · 5 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. § 255 · 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 627 (§ 8 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins · Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · McLaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co.
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 196 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“statements by decisionmakers unrelated to the decisional process itself”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“older employees have problems adapting to changes and to new policies”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“actions or remarks... uttered by individuals closely involved in employment decisions may constitute direct evidence within the meaning of Price Waterhouse”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.