Freeman v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
675 F.2d 398 · 1982
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 8 district ·
Relationships
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · Bundy v. Jackson
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.
“employees ... who were not members of the protected group were ... promoted,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“articulate some legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Segar v. Smith
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.