Laxton v. Gap Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
333 F.3d 572 · 2003
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 288 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably Turner v. Baylor Richardson Medical Center (2007), Hill v. Lockheed Martin Logistics Management, Inc. (2004)
59 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 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 (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman · Carole Kolstad v. American Dental Association
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 288 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by showing that the employer's proffered explanation is false or 'unworthy of credence.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An explanation is false or unworthy of credence if it is not the real reason for the adverse employment action.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When a damage award is merely excessive or so large as to appear contrary to right reason, remittitur is the appropriate remedy.”
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.