Barlow, Jr. v. C.R. England Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that one “racially-charged situation” involving the N-word did not link the plaintiff’s termination to an inference of discrimination
• considering the implications of a worker performing services for the alleged employer through a company that the worker owned
• identifying elements as “(1) he was a member of a protected class; (2) he was qualified and satisfactorily performing his job; and (3
• discussing ways a plaintiff can establish he was terminated “under circumstances giving rise to an inference of discrimination” (quotation omitted)
• finding plaintiff’s failure to report missing property—a required duty for his job as a security guard— was a legitimate and nondiscriminatory reason for termination
• affirming the district court’s finding that a racist joke did not give rise to an inference of discrimination when there was “no nexus” between the joke and the plaintiff’s termination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).