Abarca v. Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Empirical Analysis
404 F.3d 938 · 2005
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently January 2018 · most notably Lee v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (2009), Lozano v. Ocwen Federal Bank, FSB (2007)
12 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Coleman v. Houston Independent School District · Rios v. Rossotti
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“views the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-movant.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] party may move for summary judgment, identifying each claim or defense — or the part of each claim or defense — on which summary judgment is sought. The court shall grant summary judgment if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This Court reviews grants of summary judgment de novo, applying the same standard as the district court.”). 3 . 411 U.S. 792 , 93 S.Ct. 1817 , 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973). 4 . See, e.g., Abarca v. Metro. Transit Auth., 404 F.3d 938, 941 (5th Cir.2005) (applying the McDonnell Douglas test); Rios v. Rossotti, 252 F.3d 375, 378 (5th Cir.2001). 5 . See, e.g., Abarca, 404 F.3d at 941 . 6 . Id. 7 . See Hibernia Nat’l Bank v. Carner, 997 F.2d 94, 98 (5th Cir.1993) (”
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.