Schechner v. KPIX-TV’s Empirical Analysis
686 F.3d 1018 · 2012
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · 24 Cal. 4th 317 - Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc. · Wallis v. Jr Simplot Company · Chuang v. University of California Davis · Bradley v. Harcourt, Brace & Co.
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the same actor is responsible for both the hiring and the firing of a discrimination plaintiff, and both actions occur within a short period of time, a strong inference arises that there was no discriminatory action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“same-actor inference is a strong inference that a court must take into account on a summary judgment motion”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“arise when the favorable action and termination are as much as a few years apart.”
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.