Hartsell v. Duplex Products, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
123 F.3d 766 · 1997
Citation profile
49 federal appellate · 35 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 179 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably Smith v. First Union National Bank (2000), Causey v. Balog (1998)
49 federal appellate · 35 district · 4 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 Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. · Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · Robinson v. Shell Oil Co. · Smith v. Barry · Spell v. McDaniel
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 179 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To state a claim for hostile work environment, [the plaintiff] must show that: (1) the harassment was unwelcome; (2) the harassment was based on his race or age; (3) the harassment was sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of employment and create an abusive atmosphere; and (4) there is some basis for imposing liability on the employer.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e've made every female in this office cry like a baby”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An insulting or demeaning remark does not create a federal cause of action for sexual harassment merely because the 'victim' of the remark happens to belong to a class protected by Title VII.”
3 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.