Billet v. CIGNA Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
940 F.2d 812 · 1991
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 23 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 159 later decisions — most recently December 2020 · most notably Holifield v. Reno (1997), Ezold 91-1780 v. Wolf Block Schorr and Solis-Cohen 91-1741 (1992)
42 federal appellate · 23 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 29 U.S.C. § 623 (§ 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · Johnson v. Righetti · Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society · Southland Corp. v. United States
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 159 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] plaintiff has the burden of casting doubt on an employer's articulated reasons for an employment decision. Without some evidence to cast this doubt, this Court will not interfere in an otherwise valid management decision.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[plaintiff's] view of his performance is not at issue; what matters is the perception of the decision maker.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“by showing that the employer's proffered explanation is unworthy of credence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gray · Seman v. Coplay Cement Co.
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.