Early v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co.’s Empirical Analysis
959 F.2d 75 · 1992
Citation profile
75 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 192 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably Pegram v. Herdrich (2000), Pegram v. Herdrich (2000)
75 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Foman v. Davis · Delaware State College v. Ricks · Cada v. Baxter Healthcare Corp. · American Nurses' Ass'n. v. State of Illinois
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 192 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]o treat Intake Questionnaires willy-nilly as charges would be to dispense with the requirement of notification of the prospective defendant, since that is a requirement only of the charge and not of the questionnaire.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a plaintiff is free, in defending against a motion to dismiss, to allege without evidentiary support any facts he pleases that are consistent with the complaint, in order to show that there is a state of facts within the scope of the complaint that if proved ... would entitle him to judgment”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... asks for the person's name and address, etc., and the name and address of the alleged discriminator, asks what action was taken against the complainer that he [or she] believes was discriminatory and with what consequence, asks what the nature of the discrimination was (race, sex, age, etc.), and asks whether the complainant consents to the disclosure of his identity to the alleged discriminator. A legend at the top of the form states that "an officer of the EEOC will talk with you after you complete this form.” The officer reads the completed form to see whether it appears to allege conduct within the agency's purview and if it does asks the complainer whether he [or she] wants to file a charge. If he [or she] does want to file a charge he [or she] fills out another form and a copy is sent to the employer. The completed Intake Questionnaire is the complaint. The other form, when filled out, is the charge.”
1 later decision 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.