Mack v. Otis Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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32 federal appellate · 26 district · 3 state decisions

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 192 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““(1) that the workplace was permeated with discriminatory intimidation that was sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of [his or] her work environment, and (2) that a specific basis exists for imputing the conduct that created the hostile environment to the employer.””

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rojas v. Roman Catholic Diocese · Whitright v. Hartford Public Schools

2. “[t]he question in such cases is not whether the employer gave the employee the authority to make economic decisions concerning his or her subordinates. It is, instead, whether the authority given by the employer to the employee enabled or materially augmented the ability of the latter to create a hostile work environment for his or her subordinates.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Lewis v. State of Connecticut Dept. of Corrections · Mills v. Hankla

3. “the plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer or to avoid harm otherwise.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lolonga-Gedeon v. Child & Family Services · 607 F. Supp. 2d 342 - Stevens v. City of Bridgeport