Thomas v. Denny's, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the plaintiff presented direct evidence of retaliatory motive by offering witness testimony that “several people involved in the promotion decision process had stated that [he] would not be considered for promotion because of his discrimination complaint”
• prima facie burden met through credible evidence that plaintiff is qualified even if employer disputes evidence; burden may be met through plaintiffs own testimony or that of co-workers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• John D. Chapman v. Ai Transport
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-10-12· cited 1,803×
• Sanchez v. Denver Public Schools
  Tenth Circuit· 1998-12-31· cited 453×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-03-14· cited 363×
• Bullington v. United Air Lines, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-08-12· cited 332×
• Robertson v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-02-06· cited 315×
• Gunnell v. Utah Valley State College
  Tenth Circuit· 1998-08-19· cited 291×
• Heard v. Sheahan
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-06-13· cited 250×
• Spraque v. Thorn Americas, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-11-24· cited 242×
• Perry v. Woodward
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-12-20· cited 238×
• Lounds v. Lincare, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2015-12-22· cited 220×
• Twigg v. Hawker Beechcraft Corp.
  Tenth Circuit· 2011-10-13· cited 204×
• Penry v. Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka
  Tenth Circuit· 1998-09-15· cited 202×
• Medlock v. Ortho Biotech, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-01-05· cited 199×
• Wankier v. Crown Equipment Corp.
  Tenth Circuit· 2003-12-23· cited 174×
• Somoza v. University of Denver
  Tenth Circuit· 2008-01-18· cited 168×
• Roberts v. Roadway Express, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1998-07-02· cited 158×
• Tademy v. Union Pacific Corp.
  Tenth Circuit· 2008-04-01· cited 149×
• Heno v. Sprint/United Management Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 2000-04-03· cited 143×
• Metoyer v. Chassman
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-09-26· cited 127×
• Herrera v. City of Espanola
  Tenth Circuit· 2022-04-27· cited 95×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• 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×
• St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-25· cited 8,844×
• Wilson v. Garcia
  Supreme Court· 1985-04-17· cited 4,134×
• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-01· cited 3,836×
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-19· cited 2,546×
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 2,518×
• United Air Lines, Inc. v. Evans
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 1,404×
• James P. Ostrowski v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Companies
  Second Circuit· 1992-06-19· cited 279×
• Frank L. SPULAK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. K MART CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant
  Tenth Circuit· 1990-01-18· cited 239×
• Gail Derr v. Gulf Oil Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1986-06-25· cited 199×
• Mary P. Durham v. Xerox Corporation, a New York Corporation Doing Business in the State of Oklahoma
  Tenth Circuit· 1994-02-24· cited 167×
• Dennis Skinner, and Cross-Appellant v. Total Petroleum, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, and Cross-Appellee
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-10-14· cited 127×
• Patricia J. Kenworthy v. Conoco, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-11-19· cited 107×
• Ellis v. United Airlines, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-01-04· cited 90×
• Transpac Drilling Venture v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-10-03· cited 42×
• Patrick v. Miller
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-01-27· cited 41×
• Simons v. Southwest Petro-Chem, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1994-06-30· cited 29×
• Linda C. KORNEGAY, Appellee, v. BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-10-14· cited 14×