Goldsmith v. Bagby Elevator Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that it was retaliatory to terminate an employee for refusing to sign an arbitration agreement that would have covered his pending discrimination charge
• holding that merely having an antidiscrimination policy in place does not insulate an employer from punitive damages
• holding that the decision maker must know about the protected conduct at the time of the adverse action
• concluding that it was retaliatory to terminate an employee for refusing to sign an arbitration agreement that would have covered his pending discrimination charge
• holding that the Plaintiff was fl- nancially vulnerable because.he “had to borrow money” after being terminated
• concluding that punitive damages, which were 9.2 times greater than compensatory damages, were not excessive in a § 1981 case involving repeated instances of discriminatory misconduct, including multiple racially offensive comments

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-06-30· cited 717×
• Bryant v. CEO DeKalb Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-07-31· cited 545×
• Reginald Jones v. UPS Group Freight
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-06-11· cited 443×
• Morgan v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-12-16· cited 415×
• Myra Furcron v. Mail Centers Plus, LLC
  Eleventh Circuit· 2016-12-16· cited 330×
• Andrea Gogel v. KIA Motors Manufacturing of Georgia, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-07-29· cited 296×
• United States v. Jiminez
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-04-07· cited 267×
• Chapter 7 Trustee v. Gate Gourmet, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-06-11· cited 205×
• Perlean Griffin v. Carleton Finkbeiner
  Sixth Circuit· 2012-08-20· cited 190×
• Robert Adams v. Austal, USA, LLC
  Eleventh Circuit· 2014-06-17· cited 179×
• Knight Ex Rel. Kerr v. Miami-Dade County
  Eleventh Circuit· 2017-05-05· cited 177×
• Ajit Bhogaita v. Altamonte Heights Condominium Assn., Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2014-08-27· cited 172×
• Reinaldo Ramon Lamonica v. Safe Hurricane Shutters, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-03-06· cited 164×
• Susan Monaghan v. Worldpay US, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-04-02· cited 149×
• Butler v. Alabama Department of Transportation
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-07-30· cited 147×
• Howard v. Walgreen Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-05-13· cited 145×
• Myers v. CENTRAL FLORIDA INVESTMENTS, INC.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-01-06· cited 95×
• United States v. Svete
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-02-02· cited 82×
• G. Steven Cox v. Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2015-09-22· cited 82×
• Pensacola Motor Sales Inc. v. Eastern Shore Toyota, LLC
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-06-21· cited 79×

Cites

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

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-22· cited 7,269×
• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-01· cited 3,836×
• BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
  Supreme Court· 1996-05-28· cited 2,781×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell
  Supreme Court· 2003-04-07· cited 2,318×
• Kolstad v. American Dental Assn.
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-22· cited 1,125×
• Combs v. Plantation Patterns
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-02-20· cited 987×
• Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-14· cited 874×
• John W. Wilson v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., a New York Corporation and Volkswagenwerk, A. G., a Foreign Corporation, Wolfsburg, Western Germany
  Fourth Circuit· 1977-08-15· cited 820×
• Busby v. City of Orlando
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-05-17· cited 806×
• Parker v. Gladden
  Supreme Court· 1966-12-12· cited 671×
• Bradley Miller v. Kenworth of Dothan, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-01-02· cited 533×
• Mikele S. CARTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF MIAMI, Jose Garcia-Pendrosa, Defendants-Appellants
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-04-19· cited 504×
• Alexander v. Fulton County
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-03-30· cited 372×
• Goldsmith v. City of Atmore
  Eleventh Circuit· 1993-08-04· cited 266×
• United States v. David Ronald Chandler, A/K/A Ronnie Chandler
  Eleventh Circuit· 1993-09-30· cited 237×
• Jennifer Kimbrough v. Harden Manufacturing Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-05-22· cited 236×
• Shirley FERRILL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE PARKER GROUP, INC., Defendant-Appellant
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-02-26· cited 213×
• D. Tammy COUTU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Robert H. Oldland, Defendants-Appellees
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-03-16· cited 190×
• Deborah RANEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VINSON GUARD SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-08-29· cited 186×