Crawford v. Formosa Plastics Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
234 F.3d 899 · 2000
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 156 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably Vanderbrook v. Unitrin Preferred Insurance (2007), Raggs v. Mississippi Power & Light Co. (2002)
24 federal appellate · 2 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 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · Rhodes v. Guiberson Oil Tools · Norman v. Apache 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 156 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Summary judgment is proper when the evidence reflects no genuine issues of material fact and the non-movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A genuine issue of material fact exists `if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the non-moving party.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“consider 'the strength of the plaintiff's prima facie case, the probative value of the proof that the employer's explanation is false, and any other evidence that supports the employer's case.' " Crawford v. Formosa Plastics Corp. , 234 F.3d 899 , 902 (5th Cir. 2000) (quoting Reeves , 530 U.S. at 148 -49 , 120 S.Ct. 2097 ). "The issue at the pretext stage is whether [the employer's] reason, even if incorrect, was the real reason for [the plaintiff's] termination.”
1 later decision 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.