5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 37 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Terry L. Ambrose v. Township of Robinson, Pennsylvania.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terry L. Ambrose v. Township of Robinson, Pennsylvania Anchor | green | “it is only intuitive that for protected conduct to be a substantial or motiving factor in a decision, the decisionmakers must be aware of the protected conduct.” | 22 |
| 2 | Sally J. Shellenberger v. Summit Bancorp, Inc | green | “(1) a protected employee activity; (2) an adverse action by the employer either after or contemporaneous with the employee's protected activity; and (3) a causal connection between the employee's protected activity and the employer's adverse action.” | 4 |
| 3 | Gairloch v. Pennsylvania State University | green | “the court measures temporal proximity from the date on which the litigant engaged in his first protected action.” | 4 |
| 4 | Straka v. Comcast Cable | green | “consider all of the proffered evidence as a whole to determine whether it may suffice to raise the inference” | 4 |
| 5 | Kier v. F. Lackland & Sons, LLC | green | “absent some intervening antagonism, plaintiff cannot rest solely on a temporal proximity of more than one week.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.