Jones v. Bush

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that placing the plaintiff under surveillance did not amount to an adverse employment action
• noting that “acts of disrespect or rudeness are nothing like the ultimate employment decisions typically deemed adverse” (citation omitted)
• explaining that “acts of disrespect or rudeness are nothing like the ultimate employment decisions typically deemed adverse”
• finding that entirely subjective harm such as employee dissatisfaction, embarrassment, injury to reputation, and “disrespectful treatment” does not qualify as an adverse employment action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Deppner v. Spectrum Health Care Res., Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 2018-09-11· cited 27×
• Stephens v. Mnuchin
  D.C. Circuit· 2018-07-17· cited 2×
• Stephens v. Mnuchin
  District of Columbia· 2018-07-17
• Deppner v. Spectrum Health Care Resources, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2018-09-11
• Williams v. Smithsonian Institution
  District of Columbia· 2019-08-16
• Baker-Notter v. Freedom Forum, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2019-09-23
• Stanton v. Exelon Corporation
  District of Columbia· 2021-09-15
• Melkumyan v. Power
  District of Columbia· 2022-07-22
• Keith v. U.S. Government Accountability Office
  District of Columbia· 2023-09-26
• Harris v. Buttigieg
  District of Columbia· 2025-01-30
• Williams v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2025-03-31
• Ahuruonye v. Department of the Interior
  District of Columbia· 2026-04-13

Cites

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

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Papasan v. Allain
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-01· cited 9,423×
• Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A.
  Supreme Court· 2002-02-26· cited 8,748×
• Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-11-09· cited 8,430×
• Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-22· cited 7,269×
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-10· cited 6,600×
• Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 6,226×
• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 6,021×
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,562×
• Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-04· cited 3,700×
• Garcetti v. Ceballos
  Supreme Court· 2006-05-30· cited 2,871×
• Crawford-El v. Britton
  Supreme Court· 1998-05-04· cited 2,583×
• Charles Kowal v. MCI Communications Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-03-01· cited 1,980×
• Brown v. General Services Administration
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-01· cited 1,934×
• Hartman v. Moore
  Supreme Court· 2006-04-26· cited 1,622×