James F. Smith v. General Scanning, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• considering an employee's long tenure with a company as proof that the employee was performing satisfactory work for purposes of proving a prima facie case
• RIF and negative performance evaluation of plaintiff constitutes legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for plaintiffs discharge
• addressing suit based on age discrimination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Perkins v. Silverstein
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-08-07· cited 233×
• John PLAIR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E J. BRACH & SONS, INCORPORATED and E.J. Brach Corporation, Defendants-Appellees
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-01-23· cited 164×
• Gail Johnson v. Nordstrom, Inc., James M. Johansson and Richard J. Archer
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-07-20· cited 136×
• Pat Roger v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-03-30· cited 130×
• Lenoir v. Roll Coater, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-01-12· cited 121×
• Juanita BILLUPS, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. METHODIST HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO, an Illinois Corporation, Defendant/Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-01-08· cited 118×
• Roger FUTRELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.I. CASE, a Tenneco Company, Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-10-20· cited 86×
• Charles HUGHES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jesse BROWN, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-03-31· cited 83×
• Elius Lamar Reed v. Amax Coal Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-06-04· cited 78×
• MacDonald v. Eastern Wyoming Mental Health Center
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-08-15· cited 74×
• Nancy Mardell v. Harleysville Life Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1994-08-02· cited 72×
• Schuessler v. Benchmark Marketing & Consulting, Inc.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1993-05-14· cited 67×
• Becky Wallace, Annette Neil v. Dunn Construction Company, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1992-08-17· cited 62×
• Washington v. Lake County
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-07-10· cited 53×
• Harry C. Dunn, III v. Nordstrom, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-08-10· cited 46×
• Eddie Washington v. Lake County, Illinois
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-07-10· cited 43×
• Knapp v. Eagle Property Management Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-05-17· cited 43×
• Plair v. E.J. Brach & Sons, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1994-08-31· cited 32×
• Churchman v. Pinkerton's Inc.
  D. Kansas· 1991-01-29· cited 32×
• Massey v. Trump's Castle Hotel & Casino
  D. New Jersey· 1993-07-30· cited 31×

Cites

21 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×
• United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-04· cited 2,660×
• Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-29· cited 2,372×
• Charles DALE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO TRIBUNE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-10-06· cited 412×
• Roderick LA MONTAGNE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN CONVENIENCE PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-12-27· cited 347×
• Beard v. Whitley County REMC
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-01-27· cited 232×
• Alfred MECHNIG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-02-27· cited 230×
• Oliver POLLARD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. REA MAGNET WIRE COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-08-03· cited 229×
• Simpson v. Midland-Ross Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-07-09· cited 217×
• Jonah Oxman v. Wls-Tv
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-05-09· cited 212×
• V. Ray Summers v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-12-30· cited 157×
• Rosie WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS, INC., Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-09-07· cited 124×
• Robert G. TICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAMPERT YARDS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-05-06· cited 104×
• Marcia E. Stearns v. Consolidated Management, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-09-28· cited 84×
• Morton A. KIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANIES, Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-02-02· cited 81×
• Dean A. MATTHEWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLIS-CHALMERS, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-08-05· cited 76×
• Adam H. Dorsch v. L.B. Foster Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-02-05· cited 69×
• Frances Husch v. Szabo Food Service Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-08-19· cited 26×
• James SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL SCANNING, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-10-22· cited 24×
• Overgard v. Cambridge Book Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-09-23· cited 24×