Watson v. Blue Circle, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
324 F.3d 1252 · 2003
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably Maynard v. Board of Regents of the Division of Universities of the Florida Department of Education (2003), Stewart v. Mississippi Transportation Commission (2009)
11 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan · Allen v. Tyson Foods, Inc. · Mendoza v. Borden, Inc. · Miller v. Kenworth of Dothan, Inc. · Lockard v. Pizza Hut, Inc.
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) that [Doe] belongs to a protected group; (2) that [ ]he has been subject to unwelcome sexual harassment; (3) that the harassment was based on [his] sex; (4) that the harassment “was sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the terms and conditions of employment and create a discriminatory abusive work environment”; and (5) a basis for holding the employer liable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“failed to take immediate and appropriate action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An employer may be found liable for the harassing conduct of its customers if the employer fails to take immediate and appropriate corrective action in response to a hostile work environment of which the employer knew or reasonably should have known.”). 12 . In his affidavit, for example, the two paragraphs devoted to his hostile work environment claim are conclusory and devoid even of the few details found in his deposition. See P. App. 124, ¶¶ 5 and 6. Conclusory assertions, such as that he was “constantly subjected to a hostile work environment,” id. at ¶ 5, and that he”
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.