Davis v. Megabus Ne. LLC’s Empirical Analysis
2018
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Pennsylvania · Howard University v. Best · Steele v. Schafer
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under the traditional tort theory of respondeat superior , 'an employer may be held liable for the acts of his employees committed within the scope of their employment.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hiligh v. Sands
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.