Wright v. Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that plaintiff’s subjective feeling and “mere conjecture” that her employer had discriminated against her were insufficient to avoid summary judgment
• finding that the plaintiff improperly sued the county sheriff’s department, which is “merely an agency of the county . . . and is not itself capable of being sued.”
• dismissing a § 1983 claim against a Kansas county sheriff’s office for the same reason
• dismissing a § 1983 claim against a Kansas county sheriff’s office on the same ground
• “Mere disagreement with an employer’s adverse employment actions is not sufficient to establish pretext.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fugate v. Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City
  D. Kansas· 2001-08-08· cited 12×
• Arceo v. City of Junction City, Kansas
  D. Kansas· 2002-01-17· cited 10×
• Rawlins-Roa v. United Way of Wyandotte County, Inc.
  D. Kansas· 1997-08-04· cited 4×
• Whayne v. State
  D. Kansas· 1997-09-25· cited 1×
• Whane v. State of Kan.
  D. Kansas· 1997-09-25
• Ellison v. Sandia National Laboratories
  D. New Mexico· 2002-01-28
• Rudkin v. Sedgwick County, Kan.
  D. Kansas· 2007-01-10

Cites

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

• 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×
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Foman v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1962-12-03· cited 17,205×
• 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×
• Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-24· cited 2,939×
• City of Los Angeles Department of Water v. Manhart
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-25· cited 734×
• Ofelia Randle v. City of Aurora
  Tenth Circuit· 1995-10-26· cited 626×
• Sharon G. CONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, a Colorado Corporation, Defendant-Appellee
  Tenth Circuit· 1994-01-20· cited 448×
• Branson v. Price River Coal Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-04-18· cited 399×
• Belinda MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NANNIE AND THE NEWBORNS, INC.; Business Solutions, Inc.; Larry D. Gudgel, Defendants-Appellees
  Tenth Circuit· 1993-08-31· cited 398×
• Daniel Howard Bee v. Dr. Keith Greaves, Medic Keith Hughes and Dr. Robert Greer
  Tenth Circuit· 1984-09-24· cited 374×
• EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FLASHER COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-12-29· cited 372×
• Jewel BURRUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY OF KANSAS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Tenth Circuit· 1982-07-22· cited 365×
• James L. Bolden, Jr. v. Prc Inc., Formerly Known as Planning Research Corporation, and Robert Carver
  Tenth Circuit· 1995-01-31· cited 333×
• Sauers v. Salt Lake County
  Tenth Circuit· 1993-08-09· cited 319×
• Gerald Marx v. Schnuck Markets, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-02-07· cited 218×
• Alvin Rea, Gordon Keepers, Robert Reynolds, Barbara Weightman, and Barbara Van Den Arend v. Martin Marietta Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1994-06-20· cited 214×
• Greene v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-10-15· cited 179×