Holmes v. Potter’s Empirical Analysis
384 F.3d 356 · 2004
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Clark County School District v. Breeden · Lehman v. Nakshian · Millbrook v. IBP, Inc. · Gordon v. United Airlines, Inc. · Marshall Stewart Jr Isiah Williams v. William Henderson United States Postal Service
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[P]retext. . . may be proved by showing . . . that the stated reason is insufficient to warrant the adverse action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]n employer's lack of knowledge about a protected category rings a death knell for discrimination claims.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“we do not sit as a superpersonnel department”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Blise v. Antaramian
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.