Fernandes v. Costa Bros. Masonry

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the statement, “I don’t need minorities and I don’t need residents on the job”, was subject to multiple interpretations
• holding that employer’s remark that \I don’t need minorities\ was susceptible of a benign interpretation and thus could not constitute direct evidence of discrimination
• noting that “a statement that plausibly can be interpreted two different ways — one discriminatory and the other benign — does not directly reflect illegal animus”
• noting that a plaintiff “may elect to proceed simultaneously on both fronts” and that “the trial court, at an appropriate stage of the litigation, will channel the case into one format or the other”
• noting that the First Circuit has yet to choose among different approaches to \direct evidence\ and \circumstantial evidence\ cases
• noting that the First Circuit has yet <br>to choose among different approaches to \direct evidence\ and <br>\circumstantial evidence\ cases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-09· cited 1,575×
• Robertson v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-02-06· cited 315×
• Alberto Dominguez-Cruz and Nydia Negron-Ramos v. Suttle Caribe, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2000-02-02· cited 297×
• Catharina F. Costa v. Desert Palace, Inc., Dba Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-08-02· cited 238×
• Kosereis v. Department for
  First Circuit· 2003-06-12· cited 237×
• Gonzalez v. El Dia, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2002-09-05· cited 191×
• Claire A. Straughn v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2001-12-05· cited 187×
• Stephen Fakete v. Aetna, Inc., D/B/A Aetna/us Healthcare
  Third Circuit· 2002-10-24· cited 173×
• Kevin W. Tobin v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
  First Circuit· 2005-12-23· cited 138×
• Reeves v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-07-29· cited 116×
• Rodriguez-Torres v. Caribbean Forms Manufacturer, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2005-02-22· cited 109×
• Ray, III v. Ropes & Gray LLP
  First Circuit· 2015-08-25· cited 97×
• Inga F. Danville v. Regional Lab Corporation, a New Mexico Corporation Doing Business as Tricore Reference Laboratories
  Tenth Circuit· 2002-06-12· cited 95×
• Rios-Jimenez v. Principi
  First Circuit· 2008-03-12· cited 89×
• Wynn & Wynn, P.C. v. Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-06-06· cited 88×
• Burns v. Johnson
  First Circuit· 2016-07-11· cited 81×
• Walton v. Nalco Chemical Co.
  First Circuit· 2001-11-28· cited 74×
• Febres v. Challenger Caribbean Corp.
  First Circuit· 2000-06-08· cited 73×
• Patten v. Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2002-08-14· cited 67×
• Cruz-Ramos v. Puerto Rico Sun Oil Co.
  First Circuit· 2000-01-30· cited 59×

Cites

50 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×
• 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×
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 4,895×
• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-01· cited 3,836×
• United States v. Ilario M.A. Zannino
  First Circuit· 1990-01-10· cited 2,914×
• Marks v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-01· cited 2,149×
• Samuel Mesnick v. General Electric Company
  First Circuit· 1991-12-16· cited 1,952×
• Theodore L. Leblanc v. Great American Insurance Company
  First Circuit· 1993-09-29· cited 922×
• Hodgens v. General Dynamics Corp.
  First Circuit· 1998-05-21· cited 602×
• Kimberly Hern Troupe v. The May Department Stores Company, Doing Business as Lord & Taylor
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-03-31· cited 601×
• Lightfoot v. Union Carbide Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1997-03-27· cited 503×
• Higgins v. New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1999-10-25· cited 423×
• 71 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 1398, 35 fed.r.serv.3d 395 Miguel Angel Ayala-Gerena v. Bristol Myers-Squibb Company, D/B/A Bristol Myers-Squibb
  First Circuit· 1996-09-05· cited 417×
• Wilma Cumpiano A/K/A Wilma Cumpiano Sanchez v. Banco Santander Puerto Rico
  First Circuit· 1990-05-04· cited 396×
• Smith v. F.W. Morse Co., Inc.
  First Circuit· 1996-02-12· cited 366×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1997-09-26· cited 312×
• Blare v. Husky Injection Molding Systems Boston, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-02-09· cited 309×
• John D. Starceski, at No. 94-3208 v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, at No. 94-3182
  Third Circuit· 1995-05-03· cited 304×
• Michael Pagano v. Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster General, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1993-01-13· cited 290×