Peterson v. Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Empirical Analysis
358 F.3d 599 · 2004
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 13 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Fonseca v. Sysco Food Services of Arizona, Inc. (2004), Hawn v. Executive Jet Management, Inc. (2010)
15 federal appellate · 13 district · 3 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)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. · Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. · Romer Governor of Colorado v. Evans · Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“because he violated the company's harassment policy by attempting to generate a hostile and intolerant work environment and because he was insubordinate in that he repeatedly disregarded the company's instructions to remove the demeaning and degrading postings from his cubicle.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“1. She had a bona fide religious belief, the practice of which conflicts with an employment duty; 2. She informed her employer of the belief and conflict; and 3. The employer discharged her because of her inability to fulfill the job requirement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“similarly situated individuals outside his protected class were treated more favorably, or other circumstances surrounding the adverse employment action give rise to an inference of discrimination.”
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.