Armstrong v. BNSF Railway Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting circumstantial evidence, substantiating the sequence of events approach, whereby a plaintiff seeks to show the complaint of injury initiated the events culminating in an adverse employment action, may create fact disputes as to causation
• “Plaintiff’s task at this initial [summary judgment] stage is not onerous, indeed, it is less demanding than the McDonnell Douglas standard employed in other employment actions.”
• “A contributing factor is something less than a substantial or motivating one; instead, the term means any factor which, alone or in connection with other factors, tends to affect in any way the outcome of the decision.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Tamayo v. Blagojevich
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-05-27· cited 1,583×
• Spurling v. C & M Fine Pack, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-01-13· cited 274×
• CTL Ex Rel. Trebatoski v. Ashland School District
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-02-19· cited 129×
• Araujo v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2013-02-19· cited 99×
• Thomas Kuduk v. BNSF Railway Company
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-10-07· cited 72×
• Harp v. Charter Communications, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-03-16· cited 42×
• Ray v. Union Pacific Railroad
  S.D. Iowa· 2013-09-13· cited 20×
• Addis v. Department of Labor
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-07-30· cited 19×
• Formella v. United States Department of Labor
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-12-10· cited 18×
• McDonald v. Household International, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-09-29· cited 11×
• Justin Reed v. Norfolk Southern Railway Compa
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-01-14· cited 8×
• Smith-Bunge v. Wisconsin Central, Ltd.
  D. Minnesota· 2014-10-08· cited 2×