Morris v. McCarthy’s Empirical Analysis
825 F.3d 658 · 2016
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 22 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 5 U.S.C. § 7702 · 5 U.S.C. § 7703
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]solated [disparaging] remark[s] unrelated to the relevant employment decision [cannot], without more, permit a jury to infer discrimination.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[1] [the] supervisor performs an act motivated by [discriminatory] animus [2] that is intended by the supervisor to cause an adverse employment action, and ... [3] that act is a proximate cause of the ultimate employment action.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must show more than a general bias against ... employees [with accents]; [ ]he must also introduce enough evidence for a reasonable jury to find that [his non-selection] was motivated by that bias”
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.