Molnar v. Booth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

47 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “whether the harassment led to a tangible employment action is critical. If so, [the CTA] was liable without more; if not, [the CTA] was entitled in principle to the opportunity to show (1) that it exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly any sexually harassing behavior, and (2) that [Murray] failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by her employer to avoid harm otherwise.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wolf v. Northwest Indiana Symphony Society · Murray v. Chicago Transit Authority

2. “A number of factors govern the decision whether to apportion or to use joint and several liability: the relative active or passive role each defendant played, fairness,- and the goal of reimbursing private attorneys general.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 86 F. Supp. 3d 857 - ADT Security Services, Inc. v. Lisle-Woodridge Fire Protection District · Fred A. Smith Management Co. v. Cerpe

3. “[t]he events here took place in [2007 and 2008], long after the law of sexual harassment had become well established by the Supreme Court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Eisenhour v. Weber Cnty. · Zimmermann v. Associates First Capital Corp.