Cerutti v. BASF Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
349 F.3d 1055 · 2003
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Troupe v. May Department Stores Co. · Shager v. Upjohn Co. · Rogers v. City of Chicago · Henn v. National Geographic Society · Gleason v. Mesirow Financial, 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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]mployers, not employees or courts, are entitled to define the core qualifications for a position, so long as the criteria utilized by the company are of a nondiscriminatory nature. And there is certainly nothing inherently discriminatory about an employer’s decision to use criteria other than past performance evaluations to determine whether its employees can meet the increased workplace expectations that often coincide with a corporate reorganization. Gorence v. Eagle Food Centers, Inc., 242 F.3d 759, 765 (7th Cir.2001) (noting that “[w]hat the qualifications for a position are, even if those qualifications change, is a business decision, one courts should not interfere with”).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a prima facie case that (1) she is a member of a protected class, (2) she performed reasonably on the job in accord with her employers’ legitimate expectations, (3) despite her reasonable performance, she was subjected to an adverse employment action, and (4) similarly situated employees outside of her protected class were treated more favorably by the employer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“present evidence from which a reasonable jury could infer that [one decision maker's] prejudicial views influenced their fellow panel members to such a degree that it resulted in their being terminated.”
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.