Simpson v. Midland-Ross Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that where ADEA plaintiff “was not replaced until [three] months after [his] discharge, and the discharge occurred in the context of a reduction in force due to economic necessity[,] ... substantially weaken[ed][his] ... claim.”
• noting that the use of seventeen employee departures, as a sample for statistical analysis was suspect
• holding that a sample size of seventeen people was “suspect”
• finding that a three-month interval between plaintiff’s termination and the hiring of a replacement “substantially weaken[s]” the inference
• finding that statistical evidence regarding the age of employees hired following the plaintiff’s discharge lacked probative value absent additional information from which to infer discrimination
• finding sample size of seventeen cases insufficient to support an inference of discrimination in the employment context

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

119 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Shirley J. MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOLEDO HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-05-21· cited 1,717×
• Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2000-10-05· cited 1,654×
• Theodore L. Leblanc v. Great American Insurance Company
  First Circuit· 1993-09-29· cited 922×
• Thomasina Mack v. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1989-03-28· cited 811×
• Donald G. Wexler v. White's Fine Furniture, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-01-27· cited 809×
• Vernon EARLEY and Garey Noe, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORP., Defendant-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-08-02· cited 648×
• James F. BARNHART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PICKREL, SCHAEFFER & EBELING COMPANY, L.P.A., Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Sixth Circuit· 1993-10-21· cited 497×
• Barnes v. GenCorp Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-02-22· cited 442×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-03-14· cited 363×
• Robert v. McDonald v. Union Camp Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-06-15· cited 323×
• Boyce A. Smith, A/K/A Woody Smith v. Leggett Wire Company
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-07-17· cited 262×
• Sarah N. PHELPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. YALE SECURITY, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1993-02-26· cited 241×
• William Rose, Jr. Orie Reed v. Wells Fargo & Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-05-08· cited 240×
• Robert Lilley, Cross-Appellee v. Btm Corporation, Cross-Appellant
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-04-29· cited 208×
• Freeman v. Package Machinery Co.
  First Circuit· 1988-11-22· cited 166×
• James O'COnnOr v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corporation, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Curiae
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-06-08· cited 153×
• Walter McAlester v. United Air Lines, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-07-14· cited 151×
• Duane Moody v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Company, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-11-06· cited 146×
• Harriet Schoonmaker v. Spartan Graphics Leasing, LLC
  Sixth Circuit· 2010-02-03· cited 100×
• Cassandra Thompson v. Fresh Products, LLC
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-01-15· cited 98×

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-04· cited 15,585×
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 4,895×
• United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-04· cited 2,660×
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-08· cited 1,808×
• Hazelwood School District v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-27· cited 1,131×
• Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality League
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-25· cited 420×
• Thor C. LAUGESEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the ANACONDA COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1975-01-10· cited 293×
• Henry W. Segar v. William French Smith, Attorney General, Henry W. Segar, Cross-Appellants v. William French Smith, Attorney General
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-06-26· cited 275×
• Edward ACKERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1982-02-01· cited 223×
• Matras v. Amoco Oil Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1986-04-18· cited 212×
• Thomas P. BLACKWELL, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SUN ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant
  Sixth Circuit· 1983-01-10· cited 202×
• Rayford C. PACE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM, Defendant-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-04-04· cited 202×
• Haskell v. Kaman Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1984-08-15· cited 190×
• Clarence F. Davis v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-08-16· cited 146×
• Charles LaGRANT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF & WESTERN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-11-27· cited 137×
• Daniel H. SAHADI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REYNOLDS CHEMICAL, Division of Hoover Ball and Bearing Company, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1980-09-15· cited 135×
• Chappell v. GTE Products Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-10-14· cited 125×
• Robert I. RIDENOUR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. the LAWSON COMPANY, a Consolidated Foods Company, Defendant-Appellant
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-05-21· cited 124×
• Ned WILKINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. the EATON CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-05-13· cited 109×