7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 92 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 Ronald J. Fischbach v. District of Columbia Department of Corrections and Hallem H. Williams, Jr..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronald J. Fischbach v. District of Columbia Department of Corrections and Hallem H. Williams, Jr. Anchor | green | “title vii liability cannot rest solely upon a judge's determination that an employer misjudged the relative qualifications of admittedly qualified candidates.” | 20 |
| 2 | Etim U. Aka v. Washington Hospital Center | green | “in a close case, a reasonable juror would usually assume that the employer is more capable of assessing the significance of small differences in the qualifications of the candidates, or that the employer simply made a judgment call.” | 16 |
| 3 | Jackson v. Gonzales | green | “great enough to be inherently indicative of discrimination.” | 15 |
| 4 | Ronald J. Fischbach v. District of Columbia Department of Corrections and Hallem H. Williams, Jr. | green | “second-guess an employer's personnel decision absent demonstrably discriminatory motive.” | 14 |
| 5 | Barbour, Joyce A. v. Browner, Carol M. | green | “super-personnel department that reexamines an entity's business decisions.” | 10 |
| 6 | Barbour, Joyce A. v. Browner, Carol M. | green | “title vii, it bears repeating, does not authorize a federal court to become 'a super-personnel department that reexamines an entity's business decisions.” | 9 |
| 7 | Stewart, Howard P. v. Ashcroft, John | green | “stark superiority of credentials” | 8 |
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.