No. 04-2600’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
24 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 123 later decisions — most recently May 2024 · most notably Moore, Bell v. City of Philadelphia (2008)
24 district · 1 state decisions
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
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
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 123 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) he- ... reasonably believed that his ... employer’s conduct was violating either a law, rule, or regulation promulgated pursuant to law, or a clear mandate of public policy; (2) he ... performed a “whistle-blowing” activity ...; (3) an adverse employment action was taken against him ...; and (4) a causal connection exists between the whistle-blowing activity and the adverse employment action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'offhanded comments and isolated incidents (unless extremely serious)' are not sufficient to sustain a hostile work environment claim.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“b. Provides information to, or testifies before, any public body conducting an investigation, hearing or inquiry into any violation of law, or a rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to law by the employer, or another employer, with whom there is a business relationship ...; or c. Objects to, or refuses to participate in any activity, policy or practice which the employee reasonably believes: ... (3) is incompatible with a clear mandate of public policy concerning the public health, safety or welfare or protection of the environment.”
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.