Lopez-Lopez v. The Robinson School

How courts have described this case

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

• holding there were non-discriminatory reasons for requesting an employee to submit to a psychological examination when her nervous breakdown prevented her from performing work duties
• stating that “no reasonable juror could find that the [employer] lacked a basis for finding that [] treatment was necessary” where the record indicated that a doctor had involuntarily admitted plaintiff for psychiatric treatment
• affirming district court’s finding that “[defendant]’s concern with the need for [plaintiff]’s improvement in her communication skills” was a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for adverse action
• applying the McDonnell Douglas framework to ADEA claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sheridan v. Centerra Group, LLC
  First Circuit· 2024-06-28· cited 34×
• Quintana-Dieppa v. Department of the Army
  First Circuit· 2025-02-25· cited 26×
• Richard A. McMenamon II v. New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette, et al.
  D. New Hampshire· 2022-12-05· cited 3×

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×
• Samuel Mesnick v. General Electric Company
  First Circuit· 1991-12-16· cited 1,952×
• Calero-Cerezo v. U.S. Dep of Justice
  First Circuit· 2004-05-14· cited 671×
• Raytheon Co. v. Hernandez
  Supreme Court· 2003-12-02· cited 600×
• Noviello v. City of Boston
  First Circuit· 2005-02-16· cited 432×
• Ruiz Rivera v. PEIZER PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
  First Circuit· 2008-03-27· cited 350×
• Marrero v. Goya of Puerto Rico, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2002-08-28· cited 340×
• Jin Ku Kim, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Nash Finch Company, Appellee/cross-Appellant
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-11-12· cited 339×
• Richard A. Sullivan v. River Valley School District, and Charles O. Williams, Superintendent, Individually and in His Official Capacity
  Sixth Circuit· 1999-11-29· cited 247×
• Cherkaoui v. City of Quincy
  First Circuit· 2017-12-04· cited 235×
• Andre Grenier v. Cyanamid Plastics, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1995-11-27· cited 201×
• Vincent J. Krocka, Cross-Appellee v. City of Chicago, an Illinois Municipal Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-02-08· cited 182×
• Gu v. Boston Police Department
  First Circuit· 2002-12-02· cited 167×
• Brownfield v. City of Yakima
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-07-27· cited 163×
• J. Geils Band Employee Benefit Plan v. Smith Barney Shearson, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1996-02-20· cited 163×
• Colon-Fontanez v. Municipality of San Juan
  First Circuit· 2011-10-12· cited 163×
• Mancini v. City of Providence
  First Circuit· 2018-11-21· cited 130×
• Bhatti v. Trustees of Boston University
  First Circuit· 2011-10-03· cited 129×
• Michael Curley v. City of North Las Vegas
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-12-02· cited 129×
• Kelley v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2013-02-06· cited 124×