Dr. Frederick Polite v. Dougherty County’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White · Maniccia v. Brown · Pennington v. City of Huntsville · Rioux v. City of Atlanta
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“motions to strike are only appropriately addressed towards matters contained in the pleadings; here, the affidavit was submitted as part of a motion for summary judgment, which is not a pleading”
2 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.