Steele v. McHugh’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 633A (§ 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Direct evidence does not include stray remarks in the workplace, particularly those made by non-decision makers or statements made by decision makers unrelated to the decisional process itself.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“cannot constitute direct evidence of discrimination because they were not made by someone who participated in the decision to terminate”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sagar v. Mnuchin“a decision [was] made that maybe [Dr. Steele] was possibly not the best match for the organization.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Steele v. Mattis
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.