Cole v. Illinois’s Empirical Analysis
562 F.3d 812 · 2009
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably Coleman v. Donahoe (2012), Silverman v. Board of Education (2011)
14 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 2615 (§ 105 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)
Relies on Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White · Troupe v. May Department Stores Co. · Taylor, Carolyn v. Small, Lawrence M. · Oest v. Illinois Department of Corrections · Haynes v. Level 3 Communications, LLC
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[s]uspicious timing alone rarely is sufficient to create a triable issue,' and on a motion for summary judgment, 'mere temporal proximity is not enough to establish a genuine issue of material fact.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he decision to take FMLA leave 'cannot immunize that employee from those petty slights or minor annoyances that often take place at work and that all employees experience.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“materially adverse actions are not limited to employment-related activities but include any actions that would dissuade a reasonable employee from exercising his rights.”
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.