Geleta v. Gray’s Empirical Analysis
645 F.3d 408 · 2011
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 34 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 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 · Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White · Greene v. Dalton · Brady v. Office of the Sergeant at Arms · Jones v. Bernanke
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“shifting and inconsistent justifications are probative of pretext.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]n employer's changing rationale for making an adverse employment action can be evidence of pretext, there are instances where, although the plaintiff has ... set forth sufficient evidence to reject the defendant's explanation, no rational factfinder could conclude that the action was discriminatory.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless there are some other materially adverse consequences affecting the terms, conditions, or privileges of [an employee's] employment or her future employment opportunities such that a reasonable trier of fact could conclude that the plaintiff has suffered objectively tangible harm.”
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.