Walker v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
798 F.3d 1085 · 2015
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 42 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Michigan v. Bryant · Aka v. Washington Hospital Center · Holcomb v. Powell
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“central question reduces to whether the plaintiff has produced sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to find that the employer's asserted non-retaliatory reason was not the actual reason for its adverse action and that the employer intentionally retaliated against the plaintiff.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a plaintiff can cite the employer's better treatment of similarly situated employees outside the plaintiff's protected group ....”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a reasonable jury not only could disbelieve the employer's reasons, but also could conclude that the employer acted, at least in part, for a prohibited reason.”
4 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.