265 F. Supp. 2d 52 - Bryant v. Brownlee’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
59 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]veryone can be characterized by sex, race, ethnicity or (real or perceived) disability; and many bosses are harsh, unjust and rude. It is therefore important in hostile work environment cases to exclude from consideration personnel decisions that lack a linkage of correlation to the claimed ground of discrimination. Otherwise, the federal courts will become a court of personnel appeals.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“she was criticized for not completing assignments more promptly; that her name was listed last on group emails; that her supervisor told her it was common courtesy to give advance notice of leave that would be taken; that her supervisor took 17 days to send out her workmen’s compensation forms; that she was subjected to gossip; and that her supervisor singled her out for a special meeting and inferred that she was a difficult person with whom to work.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Singleton v. Potter“contains at least one glaring defect: none of the allegations give rise to an inference of discrimination by [the Department] based on [his] age.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sagar v. Mnuchin
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.