Williams v. Staples, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
372 F.3d 662 · 2004
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · Lisa Hawkins v. Pepsico Incorporated American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation Incorporated
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) he is a member of a protected class; (2) he sought to enter into a contractual relationship with the defendant; (3) he met the defendant’s ordinary requirements to pay for and to receive goods or services ordinarily provided by the defendant to other similarly situated customers; and (4) he was denied the opportunity to contract for goods or services that was otherwise afforded to white customers.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“demonstrates that no genuine issue of material fact exists and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court must draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the nonmoving party”
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.