Burrell v. Board of Trustees of Georgia Military College’s Empirical Analysis

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26 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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 102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “evidence, which if believed, proves existence of fact in issue without inference or presumption.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wright v. Southland Corp. · Wilson v. B/E Aerospace, Inc.

2. “‘[W]hen the employer ... makes a specific comment in relation to a specific job or promotion, we believe that the value of that comment as direct evidence is limited to a challenge to the specific job or employment decision. Still, a comment, which was narrowly tailored to a particular event, might constitute some evidence of discrimination for a case based on a separate event, the statement, however, must then be seen not as direct evidence of discrimination, but as circumstantial evidence of discrimination.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 76 F. Supp. 2d 1279 - Anderson v. Twitchell-A Tyco International Ltd.

3. “When employers (like the decisionmak-ers in Alton), without concern for particulars, make broad, derogatory statements about a gender or a race and, thus, demonstrate a general discriminatory animus toward that protected group, the scope of that evidence can be as broad as the broad statements. These statements — because of their breadth — may obviate the need for inferences about the speaker’s motivation for a wide category of employment decisions, including hiring and promoting practices.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 114 F. Supp. 2d 1358 - Nealey v. University Health Services, Inc.