Ellis v. Houston’s Empirical Analysis
742 F.3d 307 · 2014
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“would [have] dissuade[d] a reasonable worker from making or supporting a charge of discrimination [or a report of illegal conduct].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“that would dissuade a reasonable worker from making or supporting a charge of discrimination [or a report of illegal conduct].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“analyzed under the same McDonnell Douglas burden shifting framework as Title VII claims”
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.