Edsall v. Assumption College’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
5 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 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 Conley v. Gibson · Foman v. Davis · Hishon v. King & Spalding · Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A. · Civil Rights Cases
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Massachusetts recognizes a claim for a breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in the employment context as “a common law exception to the general doctrine that an at-will employee may be terminated without liability for virtually any reason.” Where Chapter 151B applies, however, it provides the exclusive remedy for employment discrimination not based on preexisting tort low or constitutional protections.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“provides the exclusive remedy for employment discrimination not based on preexisting tort law or constitutional protections.”
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.