Broderick v. Ruder’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 7 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably Waltman v. International Paper Co. (1989), 36 Cal. 4th 446 - Miller v. Department of Corrections (2005)
8 federal appellate · 7 district · 9 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 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 · Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Novotny · Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. Federal Maritime Commission
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A `hostile work environment' claim is actionable under Title VII if unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature are so pervasive that it can reasonably be said that they create a hostile or offensive work environment. [Citation.] ... Additionally, Title VII is also violated when an employer affords preferential treatment to female employees who submit to sexual advances or other conduct of a sexual nature and such conduct is a matter of common knowledge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Ms. Karen Wagner, a social worker with broad experience, was the plaintiff’s other expert. She testified generally on the stress effects of sexual harassment on women in plaintiffs position, with particular reference to the plaintiffs hostile working environment and its effect on the plaintiff and her associates in having to work in such an environment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Evidence of the general work atmosphere, involving employees other than the plaintiff, is relevant to the issue of whether there existed an atmosphere of hostile work environment....”
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.