Thomas v. Runyon’s Empirical Analysis
108 F.3d 957 · 1997
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 19 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably Rose-Maston v. NME Hospitals, Inc. (1998), Conner v. Schnuck Markets, Inc. (1997)
17 federal appellate · 19 district ·
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 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · Krenik v. County of Le Sueur · Ryther v. KARE 11 · Rothmeier v. Investment Advisers, Inc.
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) she is a member of a protected class; (2) she is qualified for the position; (3) adverse action was taken against her; and (4) the action occurred in circumstances giving rise to an inference of discriminatory motivation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[o]ur determination is limited to whether the employer gave an honest nondiscriminatory explanation for its actions, rather than to weigh the wisdom of any particular employment decision”
1 later decision 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.