Reed v. Shepard’s Empirical Analysis
939 F.2d 484 · 1991
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2018 · most notably Robinson v. Shell Oil Co. (1997), McKenzie v. Illinois Department of Transportation (1996)
43 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 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) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · Henson v. City of Dundee · Ross v. Communications Satellite Corp. · Collins v. State
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1 than this case yet the court found for the defendants statingMuch of the evidence at trial emphasized Reed's enthusiastic receptiveness to sexually suggestive jokes and activities. The record of this case reveals numerous instances indicating that Reed's preferred method of dealing with co-workers was with sexually explicit jokes, suggestions and offers.... From the foregoing, the district court is justified where it held:”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]t is an employee's discharge or other employment impairment that evidences actionable retaliation, and not events subsequent to and unrelated to his employment.”
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.