Grayson v. O'Neill’s Empirical Analysis
308 F.3d 808 · 2002
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 150 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2024 · most notably Rogers v. City of Chicago (2003), Keri v. Board of Trustees (2006)
44 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Radue v. Kimberly-Clark Corp. · Venters v. City of Delphi · Woods v. City of Chicago
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 150 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Tjhere is someone who is directly comparable to her in all material respects. [A] court must look at all relevant factors, the number of which depends on the context of the case. Such factors include whether the employees dealt with the same supervisor and were subject to the same standards ... [and] had comparable experience, education and qualifications.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[a] trial judge's decision to consider a defendant's motion for summary judgment before allowing the plaintiff to depose certain witnesses is a discovery matter, which we review under the abuse of discretion standard.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in determining whether an employer's proffered reason for an employment action was pretextual, we are not concerned with the correctness or desirability of reasons offered for employment decisions, but rather the issue of whether the employer honestly believes in the reasons it offers.”
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.