Hampton v. Vilsack’s Empirical Analysis

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8 federal appellate · 27 district ·

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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the plaintiff's prima facie case; (2) any evidence the plaintiff presents to attack the employer's proffered explanation for its actions; and (3) any further evidence of discrimination that may be available to the plaintiff (such as independent evidence of discriminatory statements or attitudes on the part of the employer).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pauling v. Dist. of Columbia · Warren v. Pon

2. “must resolve one central question: Has the employee produced sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to find that the employer’s asserted non-discriminatory reason was not the actual reason and that the employer intentionally discriminated against the employee on the basis of race [or] color?”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hicks v. Dist. of Columbia · 37 F. Supp. 3d 213 - Khan v. Gonzales

3. “Miller was in no way involved in the investigation of Hampton's alleged misconduct.... After turning over the documents to Maxwell, he took no part in the investigation or preparation of the Report.”). Here, by contrast, Mitchell was the first person to level the accusation of falsification of data and was the only person other than Plaintiffs interviewed by Nici as part of the panel investigation. Pis.' Ex. 1 at-67:l-13; id. at 88:13-18. In addition, in Hampton, the court found no evidence that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 48 F. Supp. 3d 110 - Gibbs v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority