Robbins v. Jefferson County School District R-1’s Empirical Analysis
186 F.3d 1253 · 1999
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 21 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently November 2025 · most notably O'neal v. Ferguson Construction Co. (2001), Pastran v. K-Mart Corp. (2000)
12 federal appellate · 21 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 Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Delaware State College v. Ricks · Randle v. City of Aurora
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“several nonexclusive considerations relevant to the continuing violation question including (i) subject matter—whether the violations constitute the same type of discrimination; (ii) frequency; and (iii) permanence—whether the nature of the violations should trigger an employee’s awareness of the need to assert [his] rights and whether the consequences of the act would continue even in the absence of a continuing intent to discriminate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“1) she engaged in protected opposition to discrimination or participation in a proceeding arising out of discrimination; 2) adverse action by the employer subsequent to the protected activity; and 3) a causal connection between the employee's activity and the adverse action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] plaintiff does not have to prove the validity of the grievance [he] was allegedly punished for lodging; 'opposition activity is protected when it is based on a mistaken good faith belief that Title VII has been violated.'”
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.