Riel v. Electronic Data Systems Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
99 F.3d 678 · 1996
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 4 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably Zenaida Garc a-Ayala v. Lederle Parenterals Inc et al. (2000), Reed v. Lepage Bakeries, Inc. (2001)
24 federal appellate · 4 district · 7 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 Delaware v. New York · Barth v. Gelb · White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona v. United States · Rosado v. Deters
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A) making existing facilities used by employees readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities; and (B) job restructuring, part-time or modified work schedules, reassignment to a vacant position, acquisition or modification of equipment or devices, appropriate adjustment or modifications of examinations, training materials or policies, the provision of qualified readers or interpreters, and other similar accommodations for individuals with disabilities.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not making reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability ... unless [the employer] can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The employee must show that the employer failed to implement a reasonable accommodation, and the employer may defend by showing business necessity or undue hardship.”); Monette, 90 F.3d at 1183 n. 10 (6th Cir.1996) (”
2 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.