Earl Johnson v. General Electric

How courts have described this case

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

• \plaintiffs cannot be merely conclusory regarding the characterization of the defendant's motives; a subjective characterization of those motives will not suffice\
• “It is unwise to encourage lawsuits before the injuries resulting from the violations are delineated, or before it is even certain that injuries will occur at all.”
• abrogated on other grounds by Clockedile v. New Hampshire Dep’t of Corr., 245 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2001)
• “Complaints based on civil rights statutes must do more than state simple conclusions; they must at least outline the facts constituting the alleged violation.”
• abrogated on other grounds by Clockedile v. New Hampshire Dep’t of Corr., 245 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2001)
• favorably citing Stoller in support of the determination that “the application of a discriminatory system to a particular substantive 14 decision (e.g., to promote, demote, fire, or award benefits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Thomasina Mack v. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1989-03-28· cited 811×
• Jorge Correa-Martinez v. Rene Arrillaga-Belendez
  First Circuit· 1990-04-30· cited 723×
• The Dartmouth Review, on Behalf of Its Officers, Staff and Subscribers v. Dartmouth College
  First Circuit· 1989-11-09· cited 675×
• National Association of Government Employees v. City Public Service Board of San Antonio, Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-12-06· cited 407×
• Lorance v. At&t Technologies, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-12· cited 278×
• Myrtle Thomas v. Eastman Kodak Company
  First Circuit· 1999-07-15· cited 256×
• Ollie LATTIMORE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. POLAROID CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant
  First Circuit· 1996-11-05· cited 237×
• Donald A. JENSEN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Anthony M. FRANK, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Defendant, Appellee
  First Circuit· 1990-08-27· cited 195×
• Leroy H. Johnson, Jr. v. Alex Rodriguez, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1991-10-09· cited 188×
• 53 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1814, 54 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,262 C. Roland Powers v. Grinnell Corporation, C. Roland Powers v. Grinnell Corporation
  First Circuit· 1990-09-24· cited 147×
• Clockedile v. New Hampshire Department of Corrections
  First Circuit· 2001-03-30· cited 108×
• Muniz-Cabrero v. Ruiz
  First Circuit· 1994-05-18· cited 98×
• Conetta v. National Hair Care Centers, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2001-01-08· cited 70×
• In Re Parque Forestal, Inc., Debtor. Appeal of Oriental Federal Savings Bank
  First Circuit· 1992-01-13· cited 52×
• Downs v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
  D. Massachusetts· 1998-07-06· cited 37×
• Cash Energy, Inc. v. Weiner
  D. Massachusetts· 1991-06-26· cited 29×
• Jordan v. U.S. West Direct Co.
  D. Colorado· 1989-07-21· cited 28×
• McAleer v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-02-28· cited 24×
• Preyer v. Dartmouth College
  D. New Hampshire· 1997-06-25· cited 22×
• Smith v. Mitre Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1997-01-03· cited 21×

Cites

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

• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Delaware State College v. Ricks
  Supreme Court· 1980-12-15· cited 2,132×
• United Air Lines, Inc. v. Evans
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 1,404×
• McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-25· cited 1,291×
• Mohasco Corp. v. Silver
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-23· cited 939×
• Chardon v. Fernandez
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-11· cited 659×
• Sujoy GUPTA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-08-28· cited 240×
• McKenzie v. Sawyer
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-07-27· cited 220×
• Williams v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-01-11· cited 193×
• Richard Dewey v. The University of New Hampshire
  First Circuit· 1982-11-26· cited 164×
• Morelock v. NCR Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 1978-10-06· cited 151×
• Abramson v. University of Hawaii
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-03-28· cited 144×
• Norman Knight v. Mark J. Mills, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1987-12-29· cited 138×
• Heiar v. Crawford County
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-08-20· cited 132×
• Alejandro Perez v. Laredo Junior College
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-06-10· cited 85×
• Abrams v. Baylor College of Medicine
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-12-08· cited 84×
• Margaret FISHER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Walter FLYNN, Etc., Et Al., Defendants, Appellees
  First Circuit· 1979-05-08· cited 83×
• Jack C. Stoller v. John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary of the Army
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-06-22· cited 64×
• Eddie E. Fowler v. The Birmingham News Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-12-27· cited 50×
• Velazquez v. Chardon
  First Circuit· 1984-06-21· cited 47×