Scribner v. Waffle House, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 206 (Equal Pay Act of 1963) · 42 U.S.C. § 1981A · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. · Carey v. Piphus · BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · Corning Glass Works v. Brennan
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Willful Pay Discrimination (Scribner) $ 70,250 Sexual Harassment (Scribner) lost income 115,775 Intentional Interference (Resource) lost income 24,188 Defamation (Scribner) actual damages mental anguish -nominal-119,500 Emotional Distress (Scribner) mental anguish 358,000 Punitive damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress (Scribner) 6,300,000 Punitive damages for defamation (Scribner) and tortious interference with contract (Resource) TOTAL 1,149,504 $8,137,217”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.