Henthorn v. Capitol Communications, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
359 F.3d 1021 · 2004
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 13 district · 1 state decisions
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 · Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. · Monge v. California · Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth · Smith v. St. Louis University
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) that she was a member of a protected group, (2) the occurrence of unwelcome harassment, (3) a causal nexus between the harassment and her membership in the protected group, (4) that the harassment affected a term, condition, or privilege of employment, and (5) that the employer knew or should have known of the harassment and failed to take prompt and effective remedial action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Mere allegations not supported with specific facts are insufficient to establish a material issue of fact[.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Only admissible evidence may be used . . ., and affidavits must be based on personal knowledge.”
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.