Roush v. Weastec, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
96 F.3d 840 · 1996
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 6 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 106 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably Smith v. Ameritech (1997), McPherson v. Michigan High School Athletic Ass'n (1997)
31 federal appellate · 6 district · 4 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. § 1140 (§ 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 42 U.S.C. § 12102 (§ 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12111 (§ 101 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12112 (§ 102 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Pledger v. Medlock · Vande Zande v. State of Wisconsin Department of Administration R · Katz v. City Metal Co. · Doe v. University of Maryland Medical System Corp. · Fausto 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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of [an] individual; (B) a record of such an impairment; or (C) being regarded as having such an impairment.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must prove that (1)[he] has a disability; (2)[he] was qualified for the job; and (3)[he] either was denied a reasonable accommodation for [his] disability or was subject to an adverse employment decision that was made solely because of [his] disability.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is no genuine issue as to any material fact, and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
3 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.