Godwin v. Hunt Wesson, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
150 F.3d 1217 · 1998
Citation profile
65 federal appellate · 65 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 328 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably Villiarimo v. Aloha Island Air, Inc. (2002), Vasquez v. County of Los Angeles (2003)
65 federal appellate · 65 district · 6 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 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · Warren III v. City of Carlsbad · Wallis v. Jr Simplot Company
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 328 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) indirectly, by showing that the employer's proffered explanation is `unworthy of credence' because it is internally inconsistent or otherwise not believable, or (2) directly, by showing that unlawful discrimination more likely motivated the employer.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Circumstantial evidence of pretext must be specific and substantial in order to survive summary judgment.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]ny indication of discriminatory motive ... may suffice to raise a question that can only be resolved by a factfinder. Once a prima facie case is established ..., summary judgment for the defendant will ordinarily not be appropriate on any ground relating to the merits because the crux of a Title VII dispute is the “elusive factual question of intentional discrimination.””
4 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.