708 F. Supp. 750 - Sullivan v. Snap-On Tools Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Miller v. Sevamp, Inc. · Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Harris · Pratt v. Brown Machine Co. · Haigh v. Matsushita Elec. Corp. of America
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“imply a just cause provision where one is not explicitly provided.”
2 later decisions 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.