Ahern v. Shinseki’s Empirical Analysis
629 F.3d 49 · 2010
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 56 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 704 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White · United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, 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 110 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“conclusory allegations, improbable inferences, acrimonious invective, or rank speculation.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“bears 'the burden of producing specific facts sufficient to deflect the swing of the summary judgment scythe.'”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] gap of several months cannot alone ground an inference of a causal connection between a complaint and an allegedly retaliatory action.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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