Steele v. Schafer’s Empirical Analysis
535 F.3d 689 · 2008
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 174 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White · National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan · Singleton v. Wulff
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 218 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A fact is material if it 'might affect the outcome of the suit under the governing law,' and a dispute about a material fact is genuine 'if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party.'”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Credibility determinations, the weighing of the evidence, and the drawing of legitimate inferences from the facts are jury functions, not those of a judge ... ruling on a motion for summary judgment ....”
4 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.