Johnson v. Rumsfeld’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. · Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · Faragher v. City of Boca Raton · Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. · Ruth Ann Williams, Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Wade, Deceased v. T.N. Mehra Dr. Cabrera Dr. Rodriguez, John Jabe, Warden Gerald Hofbauer, Deputy Warden John Fisher, Security Guard Jane Doe, Nurse
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“I was subjected to harassment because of my race, by the Black female Director at the facility I worked. The Black female Director referred to me as “whitey or white boy” constantly. I was the only White employee and the Black employees were not subjected to similar comments from the Black female Director. Prior to resigning to accept a better job, I complained to company officials and was told my complaint was verified, but to my knowledge, no action was taken to prevent the comments to make to [sic] other persons. I believe that I was discriminated against and subjected to racially derogatory comments because of my race, White, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“choosing retirement when there was `no definite prospect of continued employment with the company' constitutes constructive discharge”
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.