Johnson v. Uncle Ben's, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
965 F.2d 1363 · 1992
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 122 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably Butts v. City of New York Department of Housing Preservation & Development (1993), Landgraf v. USI Film Products (1992)
59 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 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 Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital
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 122 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[f]or purposes of this section, the term 'make and enforce contracts' includes the making, performance, modification, and termination of contracts, and the enjoyment of all benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of the contractual relationship.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As a matter of law, the rule announced in Patterson applies retroactively to UBI’s conduct in 1974. Lavender v. V. & B. Transmissions & Auto Repair, 897 F.2d 805, 806-07 (5th Cir.1990). Cf. James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia, — U.S. -, 111 S.Ct. 2439 , 115 L.Ed.2d 481 (1991). UBI is just as entitled to the preservation of its substantive interests under this rule as litigants whose conduct occurred after Patterson was decided. Any other holding would require unwieldy distinctions between classes of litigants based on the degree to which they relied on the legal regime antedating the Civil Rights Act of 1991. We decline to embark on such an inquiry.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“As several courts have recognized, Section 101 affects substantive antecedent rights. Under Patterson , § 1981 did not prohibit discrimination in promotions [or terminations] before the enactment of § 101. Section 101 extended § 1981 to such discriminatory conduct. We then presume that § 101 does not apply to conduct that occurred before its enactment, absent clear evidence to the contrary. There is no such clear evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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