Woods v. Cantrell’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981A
Relies on Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · McGinest v. GTE Service Corp. · Rodgers v. Western-Southern Life Insurance · Ayissi-Etoh v. Fannie Mae · Rivera v. Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“described as 'a term that sums up . . . all the bitter years of insult and struggle in America, a pure anathema to African-Americans, and probably the most offensive word in English.'”
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.