· 5/28/2014
Amy Gorman v. Verizon Wireless Texas, L.L.C., et a
Citations
- 753 F.3d 165
- 2014 WL 2210478
- 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 9870
- 97 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,076
- 122 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1681
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- holding that ten months was too long to establish the temporal proximity necessary to make the third prong of plaintiff's prima facie case
- explaining that under the federal rules, a plaintiff may plead inconsistent theories in the alternative
- holding the substantive law governing Title VII and Texas state law retaliation claims is identical
- stating that a plaintiff must take certain administrative steps before pursuing judicial remedies
- finding a lack of causation where ten months separated the protected activity and the adverse employment action
- applying Texas law and holding that substantive law governing Title VII and related claims and the TCHRA are identical
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Judges: Jolly, Garza, Higginson
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