Breen v. Mineta’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 623 (§ 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 633A (§ 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 49 U.S.C. § 46110 · 5 U.S.C. § 2109
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Scott v. Harris · Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. · Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that (1) [the plaintiff] is a member of a protected class, (2) [the plaintiff] suffered an adverse employment action,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“under the familiar McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“they [we]re subject to multiple interpretations”
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.