Kerns v. Capital Graphics, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
178 F.3d 1011 · 1999
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 14 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably Torgerson v. City of Rochester (2011), Fenney v. Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad (2003)
40 federal appellate · 14 district · 1 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 704 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins · Harlston v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]ermination, cuts in pay or benefits, and changes that affect an employee's future career prospects,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[An] adverse employment action must be one that produces a material employment disadvantage.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Higgins v. Gonzales · In re Kemp“Direct evidence is evidence of conduct or statements by persons involved in making the relevant decision directly manifesting a discriminatory attitude.”
2 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.