DeJarnette v. Corning Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that pretext is not a vehicle for substituting the court’s judgment for that of the employer
• explaining that a court’s role is not to determine whether the employer’s decision was wise, fair, or even correct, but whether it was a cover for unlawful discrimination
• “Title VII is not a vehicle for substituting the judgment of a court for that of the employer.”
• “[I]t is not our province to decide whether the reason was wise, fair, or even correct, ultimately, so long as it truly was the reason for the plaintiff’s termination.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hawkins v. PepsiCo, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2000-02-15· cited 427×
• Okoli v. City of Baltimore
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-08-08· cited 339×
• Masoud Sharif v. United Airlines, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2016-10-31· cited 227×
• Anderson v. Westinghouse Savannah River Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 2005-05-04· cited 223×
• Amirmokri v. Abraham
  D. Maryland· 2006-05-09· cited 179×
• Jonnie Sue Hux v. City of Newport News, Virginia
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-06-23· cited 125×
• Linda J. Dugan v. Albemarle County School Board
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-06-17· cited 104×
• Robin Walker v. Mod-U-Kraf Homes, LLC
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-12-23· cited 104×
• Tracy Sempowich v. Tactile Systems Technology
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-12-03· cited 102×
• Hardy v. S.F. Phosphates Ltd.
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-06-18· cited 85×
• Thorn v. Sebelius
  D. Maryland· 2011-02-01· cited 83×
• Giles v. Transit Employees Federal Credit Union
  D.C. Circuit· 2015-07-14· cited 76×
• Charley D. Hill v. Michelin North America, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 2001-05-30· cited 67×
• Spann v. Abraham
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-11-05· cited 55×
• Williams v. City of Akron
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2005-12-14· cited 52×
• Arlene Fry v. Rand Construction Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-07-01· cited 48×
• Erika Bazemore v. Best Buy
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-04-21· cited 45×
• Carson v. Giant Food, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2002-02-20· cited 43×
• Rubino v. New Acton Mobile Industries, LLC
  D. Maryland· 2014-08-27· cited 38×
• Glunt v. GES Exposition Services, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2000-12-11· cited 36×

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-04· cited 15,585×
• St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-25· cited 8,844×
• United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-04· cited 2,660×
• Christine Evans v. Technologies Applications & Service Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-04-05· cited 1,812×
• Wilbur L. LOVELACE, Appellant, v. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, Appellee
  Fourth Circuit· 1982-06-15· cited 427×
• Warren A. PROUD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael P.W. STONE, Secretary of the Army, Defendant-Appellee
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-09-23· cited 350×
• Anthony E. Jiminez v. Mary Washington College Philip Hall, Anthony E. Jiminez v. Mary Washington College Philip Hall
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-06-09· cited 322×
• EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CLAY PRINTING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
  Fourth Circuit· 1992-03-02· cited 294×
• Smith v. Flax
  Fourth Circuit· 1980-04-09· cited 257×
• Robert Douglas Conkwright v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-05-14· cited 251×
• Duke v. Uniroyal Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-04-01· cited 223×
• John GIANNOPOULOS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BRACH & BROCK CONFECTIONS, INC., an Illinois Corporation, Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-03-26· cited 182×
• Shirley Mills v. First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Belvidere
  First Circuit· 1996-05-07· cited 168×
• Barnett v. W. T. Grant Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1975-06-12· cited 130×
• Frank E. WILHELM, Karl F. Gatlin and Harold L. Kogut, Appellees, v. BLUE BELL, INC., Appellant
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-09-18· cited 102×
• Darrell E. Brown v. Csx Transportation, Incorporated, a Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-03-01· cited 83×
• Abasiekong v. City of Shelby
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-09-27· cited 65×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-01-14· cited 59×
• Andrea E. Boyd v. Harding Academy of Memphis, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-07-09· cited 46×
• Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. v. Blue Cross And Blue Shield Mutual Of Ohio, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-10-04· cited 17×