Collins v. State’s Empirical Analysis
830 F.2d 692 · 1987
Citation profile
118 federal appellate · 19 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 252 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably Richardson v. New York State Department of Correctional Service (1999), Regina C. Brown, v. Kenneth D. Brody, Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States, (1999)
118 federal appellate · 19 district · 7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 704 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al. · Davis v. Alaska · Gregory v. United States
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 252 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... because he has opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice by this subchapter, or because he has made a charge, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding or hearing under this subchapter.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n some cases, for example when an employee is fired, or suffers a reduction in benefits or pay, it is clear that an employee has been the victim of an adverse employment action. But an employment action does not have to be so easily quantified to be considered adverse for our purposes. ‘Adverse job action is not limited solely to loss or reduction of pay or monetary benefits. It can encompass other forms of adversity as well.’”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“adverse job action ... can encompass other forms of adversity.” Id. For example, the court noted that: courts have found adverse job impact, where there was no reduction in salary or benefits,.in an employer's moving an employee's office to an undesirable location, transferring an employee to an isolated corner of the workplace, and requiring an employee to relocate her personal files while forbidding her to use the firm's stationary and support services. Id. 9 . Defendant's counsel asked Plaintiff:”
2 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.