Foster v. Mountain Coal Co.’s Empirical Analysis
830 F.3d 1178 · 2016
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Colorado District Court)
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 362 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 12112 (§ 102 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12203 (§ 503 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Clark County School District v. Breeden · Board of Trustees of the University of Alabamas v. Patricia Garrett · 133 S. Ct. 2517 - University of Tex. Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The ADA's retaliation statute provides that '[n]o person shall discriminate against any individual because such individual has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this chapter or because such individual made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because the purported protected activity here occurred mere days or even hours before the adverse employment action, we conclude that Foster can show causation at the prima facie stage solely with evidence of temporal proximity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“need not suspend previously planned adverse employment actions upon encountering an employee's protected activity,”
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.