Hudson v. Normandy School District’s Empirical Analysis
953 F.2d 410 · 1992
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · Beshears v. Asbill · Morgan v. Arkansas Gazette · Air Line Pilots Ass'n International v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · Neufeld v. Searle Laboratories
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We think Thurston means at least this: if the people making the employment decision know that age discrimination is unlawful, and if there is direct evidence — more than just an inference from, say, an arguably pretextual justification — of age-based animus, the trier of fact may properly find willfulness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] violation is willful if the employer either knew or showed reckless disregard for the matter of whether its conduct was prohibited by the federal law under which the plaintiff sues in this case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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