Brinda Adams v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a situation involving an employee who ate another employee’s pudding was “significantly different” from a situation where an employee allegedly stole $12.65 from another employee
• ruling that even if decisionmaker was biased against African‐Americans, plaintiff must have evidence that decisionmaker relied on the bias in making employment decision
• concluding that a situation involving an employee who ate No. 12‐3669 33 another employee’s pudding was “significantly different” from a situation where an employee allegedly stole $12.65 from another employee
• holding that evidence that decisionmaker “was personally disinclined to give African-Americans the benefit of the doubt” was not sufficient to create genuine issue of material fact where bias was not linked to termination decision
• stating that to be similarly situated the plaintiff and the other employee must have occupied the same job level
• stating that to be similarly situated the plaintiff and the other employee must have occupied the same job level

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).