Davis v. Monsanto Chemical Co.’s Empirical Analysis
858 F.2d 345 · 1988
Citation profile
60 federal appellate · 7 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 125 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2021 · most notably Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. (1993), Faragher v. City of Boca Raton (1998)
60 federal appellate · 7 district · 8 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. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · Craig v. Boren · Bibby v. United States · Liegl v. Webb
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 125 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the plaintiff need not prove that his or her tangible productivity has declined as a result of the harassment.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“sufficiently severe or pervasive[enough to] ... create an abusive working environment”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hile Title VII does not require that an employer fire all “Archie Bunkers” in its employ, the law does require that an employer take prompt action to prevent such bigots from expressing their opinion in a way that abuses or offends their co-workers. By informing people that the expression of racist or sexist attitudes in public is unacceptable, people may eventually learn that such views are undesirable in private, as well. Thus, Title VII may advance the goal of eliminating prejudices and biases in our society-”
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.