Walker v. Crigler’s Empirical Analysis
976 F.2d 900 · 1992
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2013 · most notably Meyer v. Holley (2003), Cabrera v. Jakabovitz (1994)
15 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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 Marr v. Rife · Cooper v. Dyke · Phiffer v. Proud Parrot Motor Hotel, Inc. · Abasiekong v. City of Shelby · United States v. Youritan Construction Company
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`we must hold those who benefit from the sale and rental of property to the public to the specific mandates of anti-discrimination law if the goal of equal housing opportunity is to be reached.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]n act, although forbidden, or done in a forbidden manner, may be within the scope of employment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Under the Fair Housing Act, a corporation and its officers `are responsible for the acts of a subordinate employee . . . even though these acts were neither directed nor authorized . . . .' Courts have followed this rule even where `it seems harsh to punish innocent and well-intentioned employers' because the statutory duty not to discriminate is non-delegable”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Ronald Alexander
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.