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15 canonical passages across 13 cases, quoted by 250 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 Turner v. Baylor Richardson Medical Center.

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1 Turner v. Baylor Richardson Medical Center Anchor
ca5 · 2007
green “refrain from making credibility determinations or weighing the evidence.” 55
2 April Cadena v. El Paso County
ca5 · 2020
green “the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party and draw all reasonable inferences in that party's favor.” 40
3 Boudreaux v. Swift Transportation Co.
ca5 · 2005
green “burden will not be satisfied by some metaphysical doubt as to the material facts, by conclusory allegations, by unsubstantiated assertions, or by only a scintilla of evidence.” 31
4 Wyatt v. Hunt Plywood Co Inc
ca5 · 2002
green “if its resolution could affect the outcome of the action.” 23
5 Rogers Vann v. City of Southaven
ca5 · 2018
green “summary judgment is appropriate only if there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” 20
6 Danny Delaval v. PTech Drilling Tubulars, LLC
ca5 · 2016
green “pretext is established either through evidence of disparate treatment or by showing that the employer's proffered explanation is false or unworthy of credence.” 14
7 Leslie Coleman v. United States
ca5 · 2019
green “summary judgment is proper when there is no genuine dispute of material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” 12
8 Mary Harville v. City of Houston, Mississippi
ca5 · 2019
green “a fact is material if it might affect the outcome of the suit and a factual dispute is genuine if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party.” 12
9 Daigle v. Liberty Life Insurance Company
ca5 · 1995
green “if the employer produces any evidence, which, taken as true, would permit the conclusion that there was a nondiscriminatory reason for the adverse action, then the employer has satisfied its burden of production.” 10
10 April Cadena v. El Paso County
ca5 · 2020
green “courts must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party and draw all reasonable inferences in that party's favor.” 8
11 Byers v. Dallas Morning News, Inc.
ca5 · 2000
green “must then prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the proffered reason was mere pretext for discrimination.” 6
12 Loggerhead Holdings v. BP
ca5 · 2022
green “summary judgment should be granted where critical evidence is so weak or tenuous on an essential fact that it could not support a judgment in favor of the nonmovant.” 6
13 Austin v. Will-Burt Co.
ca5 · 2004
green “in determining whether there is a genuine dispute as to any material fact, i must consider all of the evidence in the record, but i do not make credibility determinations or weigh the evidence.” 5
14 Angela Roberson-King v. State of LA Workforce Cmsn
ca5 · 2018
green “in conducting a pretext analysis, the court does not engage in second-guessing of an employer's business decisions.” 5
15 Austin v. Will-Burt Co.
ca5 · 2004
green “consider all of the evidence in the record, but i do not make credibility determinations or weigh the evidence.” 3

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