Dodgens v. Kent Manufacturing Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• granting summary judgment where no evidence that employer’s implementation of leave policy was rooted in discrimination
• granting summary judgment on FMLA-interference claim when “it is undisputed that [the plaintiff] was permitted to take leave until being certified to return to work without restrictions by his doctor”
• finding no causal connection when facts show no pattern of discrimination
• no causal connection established where employer had granted hundreds of other leaves of absence over the years

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Daniel R. Arban, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. West Publishing Corp., Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-09-24· cited 414×
• Hunt v. Rapides Healthcare System, LLC
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-12-26· cited 238×
• Eady v. Veolia Transportation Services, Inc.
  D. South Carolina· 2009-03-31· cited 26×
• Smith v. DataCard Corp.
  D. Minnesota· 1998-06-24· cited 26×
• Shtab v. Greate Bay Hotel and Casino, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 2001-11-13· cited 25×
• O'Hara v. Mt. Vernon Board of Education
  S.D. Ohio· 1998-08-26· cited 21×
• Wilson v. Lemington Home for the Aged
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2001-06-25· cited 20×
• Graham v. State Farm Mutual Insurance
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-10-28· cited 17×
• Zawadowicz v. CVS. Corp.
  D. New Jersey· 2000-05-30· cited 16×
• Peters v. Community Action Committee, Inc. of Chambers-Tallapoosa-Coosa
  M.D. Alabama· 1997-09-19· cited 15×
• Sharpe v. MCI Telecommunications Corp.
  E.D. North Carolina· 1998-08-25· cited 14×
• Crevier v. Town of Spencer
  D. Massachusetts· 2008-09-26· cited 12×
• West v. J.O. Stevenson, Inc.
  E.D. North Carolina· 2016-02-24· cited 12×
• Moss v. City of Abbeville
  D. South Carolina· 2010-07-15· cited 9×
• Hubbard v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Ass'n
  N.D. Illinois· 1998-04-09· cited 8×
• Leary v. Hobet Mining, Inc.
  S.D. West Virginia· 1997-10-23· cited 7×
• Blankenship v. Buchanan General Hospital
  W.D. Virginia· 2001-02-23· cited 6×
• Wemmitt-Pauk v. Beech Mountain Club
  W.D. North Carolina· 2001-03-01· cited 6×
• Yashenko v. Harrah's NC Casino Company, LLC
  W.D. North Carolina· 2005-01-20· cited 5×
• Caraballo v. Puerto Rico Telephone Co., Inc.
  D. Puerto Rico· 2001-12-12· cited 4×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Mathews v. Weber
  Supreme Court· 1976-01-14· cited 8,787×
• Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.
  Supreme Court· 1945-06-04· cited 1,565×
• Joan M. Ennis v. The National Association of Business and Educational Radio, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-05-15· cited 418×
• Small v. Springs Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-06-08· cited 134×
• Oswalt v. Sara Lee Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-02-06· cited 70×
• Oswalt v. Sara Lee Corp.
  N.D. Mississippi· 1995-06-20· cited 54×
• Culler v. Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-08-31· cited 50×
• Blanton v. Winston Printing Co.
  M.D. North Carolina· 1994-03-22· cited 22×
• Shelton v. Oscar Mayer Foods Corp.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1995-06-14· cited 16×
• Obiora E. Egbuna v. Time-Life Libraries, Incorporated, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Curiae
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-09-13· cited 10×