Woods v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis
375 F.3d 671 · 2004
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · United States v. Alvarez-Sanchez
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n reverse discrimination cases the plaintiff has also been expected to show that `background circumstances support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“where there are no disputed facts and only one conclusion is possible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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