Gordon v. FedEx Freight, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “In resolving retaliatory discharge claims, Illinois does not apply the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework commonly applied in federal retaliation cases.”
• “Factual support that the employer was informed or in some way found out about the plaintiff’s intent to [engage in protected activity] is essential to a retaliatory discharge action.” (quotation marks omitted)
• “Are walking into a situation like DEWALT?”
• collecting and analyzing Illinois caselaw

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Cincinnati Life Insurance Comp v. Marjorie Beyrer
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-07-08· cited 448×
• Karen Fitzgerald v. M. Santoro
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-02-07· cited 159×
• Shirlena Barnes v. City of Centralia
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-11-26· cited 83×
• James Perez v. Staples Contract & Commercial
  Seventh Circuit· 2022-04-14· cited 69×
• Toby T. Watson v. Jennifer King-Vassel
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-08-28· cited 68×
• Jared Beatty v. Olin Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-09-06· cited 48×
• Eric Tapley v. Andrew Chambers
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-10-19· cited 30×
• Bob-Maunuel v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2014-01-15· cited 21×
• Freeman v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-10-31· cited 14×
• Keen v. Teva Sales & Mktg., Inc.
  E.D. Illinois· 2018-03-20· cited 12×
• Gutterman v. Target Corp.
  N.D. Illinois· 2017-03-17· cited 10×
• Phillips v. Continental Tire Americas, LLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-02-14· cited 10×
• Hillmann v. City of Chicago
  N.D. Illinois· 2014-03-31· cited 9×
• Archdiocese of Milwaukee v. Does (In re Archdiocese of Milwaukee)
  E.D. Wisconsin· 2012-10-29· cited 8×
• Hahn v. Walsh
  C.D. Illinois· 2013-03-14· cited 8×
• Baptist v. Ford Motor Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-06-27· cited 7×
• La Playita Cicero, Inc. v. Town of Cicero
  N.D. Illinois· 2016-03-30· cited 6×
• Berkheimer v. Hewlett-Packard Co.
  N.D. Illinois· 2016-12-12· cited 5×
• Perez v. Transformer Manufacturers, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2014-03-24· cited 4×
• Teague v. Armstead
  N.D. Illinois· 2015-03-10· cited 3×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Kelsay v. Motorola, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-12-04· cited 966×
• Palmateer v. International Harvester Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-06-08· cited 657×
• O'LEARY v. Accretive Health, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-09-21· cited 418×
• Hartlein v. Illinois Power Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-10-01· cited 273×
• Silverman v. Board of Educ. of City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-03-21· cited 270×
• Davis v. Time Warner Cable of Southeastern Wisconsin, L.P.
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-07-05· cited 166×
• Pat Roger v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-03-30· cited 130×
• Hinthorn v. Roland's of Bloomington, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-02-11· cited 125×
• Petts v. Rockledge Furniture LLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-07-21· cited 102×
• Laura A. Makowski v. Smithamundsen
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-11-09· cited 94×
• Marr v. Bank of America, NA
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-12-06· cited 74×
• Carlisle v. Deere & Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-08-07· cited 51×
• Robin Johal v. Little Lady Foods, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-01-17· cited 26×
• Richardson v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-06-26· cited 10×