477 U.S. 242 (1986) Cited 234,950 times 38 Legal Analyses
Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"
532 U.S. 268 (2001) Cited 5,324 times 12 Legal Analyses
Holding that the temporal proximity requirement to establish a prima facie case "between an employer's knowledge of protected activity and an adverse employment action as sufficient evidence" must be "very close"
Holding that the continuing violation doctrine did not apply to plaintiff's NYCHRL claim because plaintiff failed to allege any "actionable conduct during the limitations period"
480 U.S. 228 (1987) Cited 453 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that placement of burden of proof for self-defense affirmative defense to aggravated murder on defendant did not unconstitutionally shift the burden of proof of any element of the offense to defendant