Thomas Johnson v. Uncle Ben's, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the rule announced in Patterson applied retroactively to defendant’s conduct in 1974
• holding racial discrimination in employment after contract formation is actionable under § 1981
• \Legislative history ... sheds little light on whether the Act should apply to pre-enactment conduct.\
• “The statutory language and legislative history is inconclusive on the question of retroactive application.”
• sections may evince no general conclusion about general retroactive application
• sections may evince no general conclusion about general retroactive application

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Geneva Butts v. The City of New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development
  Second Circuit· 1993-03-24· cited 554×
• Li Li Manatt v. Bank of America, Na
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-07-28· cited 463×
• National Association of Government Employees v. City Public Service Board of San Antonio, Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-12-06· cited 407×
• United States v. Richard Harmon Bell
  First Circuit· 1993-03-09· cited 269×
• Jackson v. Motel 6 Multipurpose, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-12-10· cited 232×
• Brian P. Moore v. Agency for International Development
  D.C. Circuit· 1993-06-15· cited 228×
• Oden v. Oktibbeha County MS
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-03-27· cited 205×
• Munoz v. Orr
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-01-05· cited 191×
• Felton v. Polles
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-12-17· cited 168×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Steamship Clerks Union, Local 1066
  First Circuit· 1995-02-28· cited 151×
• United States v. Becerra
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-10-05· cited 132×
• Jasper C. Rowe v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-09-11· cited 125×
• Alan F. Gersman v. Group Health Association, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1992-09-15· cited 122×
• Davis v. City and County San Francisco
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-10-06· cited 101×
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-07-30· cited 97×
• Irene Mojica, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Gannett Company, Inc., Owner of Wgci-Fm Radio Station, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-09-27· cited 83×
• Estate of Barbara L. Reynolds v. Lynn Martin, Secretary of Labor
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-02-09· cited 68×
• Burks v. Amite County School Dist.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-03-26· cited 61×
• Fuhrman v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-03-11· cited 56×
• Crowe v. Smith
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-08-30· cited 48×

Cites

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

• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-04· cited 15,585×
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 2,518×
• Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital
  Supreme Court· 1988-12-12· cited 2,039×
• Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-15· cited 1,967×
• Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-29· cited 1,300×
• Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-05· cited 1,123×
• Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-04· cited 1,050×
• Mary Faye Skotak, George Jerry Skotak, and Eric Norman Skotak, Cross-Appellees v. Tenneco Resins, Inc., Cross-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-03-26· cited 898×
• James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-20· cited 803×
• New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer
  Supreme Court· 1979-03-26· cited 641×
• Greene v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1964-02-17· cited 325×
• Subhash C. MALHOTRA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COTTER & COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-09-12· cited 269×
• Gary McKnight Cross-Appellant v. General Motors Corporation, Cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-08-21· cited 260×
• Bennett v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 216×
• Richard Vogel v. The City of Cincinnati, the Sentinel Police Association, Intervenor-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-03-13· cited 190×
• Riley D. POUNCY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-02-22· cited 173×
• Piambino v. Bailey
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-03-18· cited 167×
• George J. Luddington v. Indiana Bell Telephone Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-09-04· cited 154×
• William O. Mozee, Gregory L. Rankin, Frederick Williams v. American Commercial Marine Service Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-05-18· cited 139×