Freeman v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 633A (§ 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · Bundy v. Jackson
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'to articulate some legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the employee's rejection.' " 7 Third, plaintiff then has an opportunity to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the reasons articulated by defendant were but "a pretext for discrimination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Freeman v. Lewis“Plaintiff has proven a prima facie case of discrimination. Since Defendants have failed to meet the shifting burden of persuasion in the instant litigation, Plaintiffs (sic) have met their ultimate burden of proof.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Freeman v. Lewis“I stayed there (at GS-9) for a year and a half and I was due to go to my (GS-) 11. Usually, when you are promoted from a 9 to an 11, you can go faster than when you go from an 11 to a 12 ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Freeman v. Lewis
How this case has been treated — in progress
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