6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 33 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 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Chevron Phillips Chemical Co..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. Anchor | green | “articulate a legitimate non-discriminatory reason for the adverse employment action.” | 8 |
| 2 | Cannon v. Jacobs Field Services North America, Inc. | green | “articulate a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the adverse employment action.” | 7 |
| 3 | Jonathan Thomas v. Jeh Johnson | green | “a plaintiff's prima facie case, combined with sufficient evidence to find that the employer's asserted justification is false, may permit the trier of fact to conclude that the employer unlawfully discriminated.” | 6 |
| 4 | Perez v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division | green | “must have been nearly identical.” | 5 |
| 5 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. | green | “the burden then shifts to the plaintiff to produce evidence from which a jury could conclude that the employer's articulated reason is pretextual.” | 4 |
| 6 | Silva v. Chertoff | green | “as its phrasing 'nearly identical' suggests, the fifth circuit narrowly construes the 'similarly situated' requirement.” | 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.