Kline v. Tennessee Valley Authority

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is the rare situation when direct evidence of discrimination is readily available ....”
• “The direct evidence and circumstantial evidence paths are mutually exclusive . . . . [I]f a plaintiff attempts to prove its [sic] case using the McDonnell Douglas-Burdine paradigm, then the party is not required to introduce direct evidence of discrimination.”

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Cited by

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

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  Supreme Court· 2000-06-12· cited 12,455×
• Donald G. Wexler v. White's Fine Furniture, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-01-27· cited 809×
• Mark Laster v. City of Kalamazoo
  Sixth Circuit· 2014-03-13· cited 709×
• Henry Dicarlo v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-02-20· cited 674×
• John B. Johnson v. University of Cincinnati, Joseph A. Steger, and Donald C. Harrison
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-06-01· cited 638×
• White v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-07-03· cited 622×
• Eileen A. Logan v. Denny's, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-08-07· cited 406×
• Charlie Dews v. A.B. Dick Company
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-11-08· cited 357×
• Dorothy Kovacevich v. Kent State University
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-08-25· cited 206×
• John George v. Youngstown State Univ.
  Sixth Circuit· 2020-07-17· cited 170×
• Hecht v. National Heritage Academies, Inc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2016-07-26· cited 164×
• Hallahan v. the Courier Journal
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2004-06-25· cited 127×
• Aleia L. Robinson v. Marvin T. Runyon, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service
  Sixth Circuit· 1998-07-22· cited 124×
• Martin v. Toledo Cardiology Consultants, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-11-21· cited 114×
• Melanie Pelcha v. MW Bancorp, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-02-19· cited 100×
• Cassandra Thompson v. Fresh Products, LLC
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-01-15· cited 98×
• Eric Myers, Jimmy Underwood, Michelle Grundorf v. The Copper Cellar Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1999-09-03· cited 86×
• Lucile BARNETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1998-08-28· cited 83×
• Major Smith, III v. City of Toledo, Ohio
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-09-07· cited 72×
• Gacek v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-07-15· cited 48×

Cites

38 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×
• Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-04· cited 15,585×
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 11,658×
• St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-25· cited 8,844×
• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-01· cited 3,836×
• United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-04· cited 2,660×
• Luis A. Fuentes v. Steven P. Perskie, Chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission the New Jersey Casino Control Commission
  Third Circuit· 1994-08-01· cited 2,115×
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-08· cited 1,808×
• Jose MEDINA-MUNOZ, Etc., Et Al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee
  First Circuit· 1990-02-15· cited 1,782×
• Shirley J. MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOLEDO HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-05-21· cited 1,717×
• O'CONNOR v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1996-04-01· cited 1,487×
• Roger Monette and Doris Monette v. Electronic Data Systems Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-07-30· cited 740×
• Barbara R. Sheridan v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company, Jacques Amblard
  Third Circuit· 1996-11-14· cited 636×
• Manzer v. Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-07-20· cited 550×
• Willie Love TALLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BRAVO PITINO RESTAURANT, LTD., Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1995-08-15· cited 475×
• William McNabola v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-11-24· cited 384×
• EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FLASHER COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-12-29· cited 372×
• Arthur S. ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP., Defendant-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-01-11· cited 369×
• Philip R. Visser v. Packer Engineering Associates, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-02-04· cited 342×
• Maud Lee THORNBROUGH, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBUS AND GREENVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-05-17· cited 326×

Other cases named Kline v. Tennessee Valley Authority

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Kline v. Tennessee Valley Authority
  E.D. Tennessee· 1992-01-23· cited 1×