Blake v. MJ Optical, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
870 F.3d 820 · 2017
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 623 (§ 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 703 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · Ricci v. DeStefano · Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders · Torgerson v. City of Rochester
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) she is a member of the class of people protected by the statute, (2) she was subject to unwelcome harassment, (3) the harassment resulted from her membership in the protected class, and (4) the harassment was severe enough to affect the terms, conditions, or privileges of her employment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The proper inquiry is whether the plaintiff indicated by [her] conduct that the alleged harassment was unwelcome.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“never told anyone there was a problem in need of fixing”
1 later decision 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.