Aleia L. Robinson v. Marvin T. Runyon, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service

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• holding that punitive damages were not available against “governments, government agencies and political subdivisions” for the 23 violation of federal anti-discrimination laws
• permitting the plaintiff to establish credibility for her argument that discrimination motived her termination by presenting evidence of racially hostile attitudes among her supervisors
• “[R]arely will there be direct evidence from the lips of the defendant proclaiming his or her . . . animus.”
• “Rarely will there be direct evidence from the lips of the defendant proclaiming his or her [] animus.”

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