Townsend v. Bayer Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
774 F.3d 446 · 2014
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 31 U.S.C. § 3730 (False Claims Act)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · Tcherepnin v. Knight · McKennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Evidence of similarly-situated comparators is part of the framework under McDonnell Douglas ... to show whether an employer's stated reason for taking adverse action against an employee is merely a pretext for unlawful retaliation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the district court is in the best position to determine whether the alleged error affected the substantial rights of any party sufficient to warrant a new trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dean v. Searcey“a civil action under this subsection may not be brought more than 3 years after the date when the retaliation occurred.”
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.