Rodgers v. White’s Empirical Analysis
657 F.3d 511 · 2011
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · Radue v. Kimberly-Clark Corp. · Gorzynski v. Jetblue Airways Corp.
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To survive summary judgment under this method, [McClendon] must produce evidence that he (1) belongs to a protected class, (2) met his employer’s legitimate performance expectations, (3) suffered an adverse employment action, and (4) was treated worse than similarly situated employees outside the protected class.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'the most-relevant similarities are those between the employees' alleged misconduct, performance standards, and disciplining supervisor,' rather than job description and duties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Silva v. State
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.