Harrison v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County, Tennessee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

41 federal appellate · 13 state decisions

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 144 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) that she engaged in an activity protected by Title VII; (2) that the defendant knew of the plaintiffs exercise of her civil rights; (3) that, thereafter, the defendant took an employment action adverse to the plaintiff; and (4) that there was a causal connection between the protected activity and the adverse employment action.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wilson v. Dana Corp. · Clemons v. Ford Motor Co.

2. “[T]ó be deemed ‘similarly-situated,’ the individuals with whom the plaintiff seeks to compare his/her treatment must have dealt with the same supervisor, have been subject to the same standards and have engaged in the same conduct without such differentiating or mitigating circumstances that would distinguish their conduct or the employer’s treatment of them for it.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clemons v. Ford Motor Co. · 102 F. Supp. 2d 382 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. E.J. Sacco, Inc.

3. “(1) the plaintiff must establish a prima facie case of [retaliation]; (2) the employer must articulate some legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for its actions; and (3) the plaintiff must prove that the stated reason was in fact pretextual.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Children's Aid Soc., Unpublished Decision (9-14-2006) · 780 F. Supp. 2d 667 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Southeast Telecom, Inc.