Schuster v. Lucent Technologies, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
327 F.3d 569 · 2003
Citation profile
31 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 98 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably Ajayi v. Aramark Business Services, Inc. (2003), Hemsworth II v. Quotesmithcom Inc
31 federal appellate ·
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 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 623 (§ 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 631 (§ 12 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins
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 98 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“actually motivated the employer's decision”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“determined that retaining [one employee] was more integral to the success of the venture”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mereish v. Walker“an effort to address adverse financial conditions,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mereish v. Walker
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.