Bernadine Stewart v. Rise, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• describing that a decisionmaker’s tolerance to a hostile environment can be relevant to alleged discriminatory motive in termination
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure contemplate use of, inter alia, depositions as permissible forms of evidence at summary judgment stage
• “We may discount a plaintiff’s self-serving affidavit or deposition testimony as a matter of law where it clearly contradicts the plaintiff’s earlier testimony under oath and where the plaintiff offers no explanation for the inconsistencies.”
• “We may discount a plaintiff’s self-serving . . . deposition testimony as a matter of law where it clearly contradicts the plaintiff’s earlier testimony under oath and where the plaintiff offers no explanation for the inconsistencies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).