Compston v. Borden, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• supervisor of Borden’s maintenance department could be sued as an employer under provisions of Title VII
• attitude of supervisor made environment in which employee worked very difficult
• demeaning religious slurs by supervisor violate Title VII
• awarding damages against supervisors individually

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-19· cited 5,248×
• Barbara J. HENSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DUNDEE, Defendant-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-08-09· cited 1,019×
• Sandra G. Bundy v. Delbert Jackson, Director, D.C. Department of Corrections
  D.C. Circuit· 1981-01-12· cited 489×
• Jennifer Venters v. City of Delphi and Larry Ives
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-08-19· cited 296×
• Patrowich v. Chemical Bank
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-11-29· cited 230×
• Jones v. Continental Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-05-06· cited 223×
• Maxine SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-08-12· cited 96×
• Jeanne Harrington v. Vandalia-Butler Board of Education
  Sixth Circuit· 1978-10-27· cited 90×
• Haynie v. Department of State Police
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2003-06-11· cited 56×
• Guyette v. Stauffer Chemical Co.
  D. New Jersey· 1981-07-23· cited 49×
• Ferguson v. EI duPont De Nemours and Co., Inc.
  D. Delaware· 1983-03-24· cited 45×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Murphy Motor Freight Lines, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 1980-04-02· cited 44×
• Friend v. Leidinger
  E.D. Virginia· 1977-10-03· cited 33×
• Tafoya v. Adams
  D. Colorado· 1985-07-08· cited 32×
• Hudson v. Moore Business Forms, Inc.
  N.D. California· 1985-05-22· cited 26×
• Miles v. F.E.R.M. Enterprices, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-04-21· cited 24×
• Weiss v. United States
  E.D. Virginia· 1984-10-18· cited 21×
• Wilson v. Wayne County
  M.D. Tennessee· 1994-05-24· cited 19×
• Johnson v. University Surgical Group Associates
  S.D. Ohio· 1994-11-22· cited 17×
• Young v. Sedgwick County, Kan.
  D. Kansas· 1987-05-27· cited 15×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• O'Shea v. Littleton
  Supreme Court· 1974-01-15· cited 3,578×
• Golden v. Zwickler
  Supreme Court· 1969-03-04· cited 1,203×
• Paul MULLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant
  Tenth Circuit· 1975-02-05· cited 156×
• 11 Fair empl.prac.cas. 161, 10 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,325 Barbara R. Hutchison, Cross-Appellant v. Lake Oswego School District No. 7, Cross-Appellees
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-09-10· cited 64×
• Ward King v. Laborers International Union of North America, Union Local No. 818
  Sixth Circuit· 1971-05-13· cited 51×
• Judith Ann Petersen v. Talisman Sugar Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-05-03· cited 42×
• Howard v. National Cash Register Co.
  S.D. Ohio· 1975-01-06· cited 37×
• Corne v. Bausch and Lomb, Inc.
  D. Arizona· 1975-03-14· cited 31×
• Ostapowicz v. Johnson Bronze Company
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1973-12-28· cited 31×
• Fekete v. United States Steel Corporation
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1973-02-07· cited 27×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Detroit Edison Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1975-05-16· cited 26×
• Hutchison v. Lake Oswego School District No. 7
  D. Oregon· 1974-04-25· cited 20×
• Bowman v. West Disinfecting Co.
  E.D. New York· 1960-05-06· cited 12×
• Wilson v. Eberle
  D. Alaska· 1955-08-04· cited 11×