973 F. Supp. 2d 363 - White v. Pacifica Foundation’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.
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.
“Where no other evidence giving rise to an inference of discrimination has been presented, the fact that a plaintiff is replaced with an individual within his protected class undermines his attempt to establish a prima facie case of discrimination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Testa v. CareFusion“effectively precludes [the] plaintiff from establishing that her termination occurred under the requisite circumstances giving rise to an inference of discrimination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The fact that Plaintiff was replaced by a member of the same protected class further undermines any inference of discriminatory intent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Testa v. CareFusion
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.