4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 36 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 Staub v. Proctor Hospital.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staub v. Proctor Hospital Anchor | green | “to hold his employer liable for the animus of a supervisor who was not charged with making the ultimate employment decision.” | 12 |
| 2 | Staub v. Proctor Hospital | green | “if a supervisor performs an act motivated by discriminatory animus that is intended by the supervisor to cause an adverse employment action, and if that act is a proximate cause of the ultimate employment action, then the employer is liable.” | 11 |
| 3 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. | green | “in the employment discrimination context, 'cat's paw' refers to a situation in which a biased subordinate, who lacks decisionmaking power, uses the formal decisionmaker as a dupe in a deliberate scheme to trigger a discriminatory employment action.” | 8 |
| 4 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. | green | “a biased subordinate, who lacks decisionmaking power, uses the formal decisionmaker as a dupe in a deliberate scheme to trigger a discriminatory employment action.” | 5 |
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.