Stewart v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
352 F.3d 422 · 2003
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 172 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 224 later decisions — most recently April 2023 · most notably Holcomb v. Powell (2006), Czekalski v. Peters (2007)
31 federal appellate · 172 district ·
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
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Aka v. Washington Hospital Center · Regina C. Brown, v. Kenneth D. Brody, Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States,
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 224 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“experiences materially adverse consequences affecting the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment or future employment opportunities such that a reasonable trier of fact could find objectively tangible harm.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Stewart’s pointing to differences in qualifications that merely indicate a “close call” does not get him beyond summary judgment. This Court will not reexamine governmental promotion decisions where it appears the Government was faced with a difficult decision between two qualified candidates, particularly when there is no other evidence that race played a part in the decision.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Napolitano · Glenn v. Bair“reassignment with significantly different responsibilities.”
5 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.