Johnson v. Palma

How courts have described this case

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

• showing that the adverse action directly followed the filing of the administrative charge is sufficient to establish the requisite causal connection
• observing that EEOC “charges generally are filed by parties not versed in the vagaries of Title VII and its jurisdictional and pleading requirements”
• upholding dismissal of Title VII complaint against unnamed union defendant where named defendant was a local affiliate of unnamed union but was not an agent
• adopting a “flexible approach” to Title VII’s procedural requirements in light of the “vagaries” of that statute
• finding adverse action in a union’s refusal to proceed with a member’s grievance because the member had filed a complaint against that union with the New York State Division of Human Rights
• union’s failure to proceed with the grievance process on behalf of plaintiff because of plaintiffs administrative complaint constituted adverse employment action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Carole Tomka v. The Seiler Corporation, Daniel Lucey, David Polonsky and Timothy Conroy
  Second Circuit· 1995-09-27· cited 1,260×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Simbaki, Ltd.
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-09-17· cited 620×
• Daniel v. T & M Protection Resources, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-01-16· cited 328×
• McMenemy v. City of Rochester
  Second Circuit· 2001-03-02· cited 260×
• Mullins v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2010-11-16· cited 255×
• Linda Donato v. Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District Edward Metzendorf
  Second Circuit· 1996-09-24· cited 205×
• Knowlton v. Teltrust Phones, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-08-16· cited 71×
• Dortz v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 1995-10-05· cited 70×
• Saulpaugh v. Monroe Community Hospital
  Second Circuit· 1993-08-27· cited 67×
• Goodman v. Port Authority
  S.D. New York· 2012-02-29· cited 65×
• Yerdon v. Henry
  Second Circuit· 1996-08-06· cited 55×
• United States v. New York City Transit Authority
  Second Circuit· 1996-10-08· cited 47×
• Anderson v. Derby Board of Education
  D. Connecticut· 2010-06-18· cited 40×
• Nweke v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  S.D. New York· 1998-10-29· cited 39×
• Spurlock v. Nynex
  W.D. New York· 1996-12-06· cited 37×
• Bennett v. Progressive Corp.
  N.D. New York· 2002-09-26· cited 36×
• McKenney v. New York City Off-Track Betting Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1995-11-09· cited 32×
• Cooper v. Wyeth Ayerst Lederle
  S.D. New York· 2000-06-09· cited 29×
• Whaley v. City University of New York
  S.D. New York· 2008-04-24· cited 23×
• Flynn v. New York State Division of Parole
  S.D. New York· 2009-03-06· cited 22×

Cites

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

• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-19· cited 3,057×
• Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co.
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-19· cited 786×
• Clement SUMNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1990-03-28· cited 551×
• United Mine Workers v. Coronado Coal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1922-06-05· cited 470×
• Arthur Manoharan, M.D. v. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
  Second Circuit· 1988-03-10· cited 353×
• Arthur Hollander v. American Cyanamid Co.
  Second Circuit· 1990-01-30· cited 331×
• Anthony J. Decintio v. Westchester County Medical Center County of Westchester, Defendants
  Second Circuit· 1987-06-08· cited 284×
• Glus v. G. C. Murphy Co.
  Third Circuit· 1977-08-08· cited 234×
• Grant v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1980-05-22· cited 228×
• Judy C. EGELSTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AT GENESEO Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Second Circuit· 1976-06-07· cited 184×
• Eggleston v. Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union No. 130
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-08-11· cited 148×
• Johnson v. Palma
  Second Circuit· 1991-04-22· cited 147×
• Herman I. TAITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEMICAL BANK, Defendant-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1988-06-17· cited 56×
• Romain v. Kurek
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-12-31· cited 50×
• Maturo v. National Graphics, Inc.
  D. Connecticut· 1989-09-06· cited 31×
• East Texas Steel Facilities, Inc. v. Lujan
  Supreme Court· 1989-10-02· cited 22×
• Sims v. Mme. Paulette Dry Cleaners
  S.D. New York· 1984-02-14· cited 18×
• McCauley v. Greensboro City Board of Education
  M.D. North Carolina· 1987-12-30· cited 14×
• Garcia v. Gardner's Nurseries, Inc.
  D. Connecticut· 1984-04-25· cited 9×
• Kaplan v. International Alliance of Theatrical & Stage Employees & Motion Picture Machine Operators
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-11-05· cited 9×