Rojas v. Florida’s Empirical Analysis
285 F.3d 1339 · 2002
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 250 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably Wilson v. B/E Aerospace, Inc. (2004), Alfano v. Costello (2002)
26 federal appellate · 3 district · 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 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. · Allen v. Tyson Foods, Inc. · Damon v. Fleming Supermarkets of Florida, Inc. · Jones v. Gerwens
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 250 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“are not in the business of adjudging whether employment decisions are prudent or fair. Instead, our sole concern is whether unlawful discriminatory animus motivates a challenged employment decision”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. When determining whether the moving party has met this burden, the Court must view the evidence and all factual inferences in the light most favorable to the non-moving party.”
4 later decisions 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.