Carolyn HOLLAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JEFFERSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that plaintiff may reach trial by showing, through circumstantial evidence, that employer’s articulated reason for its action was not worthy of credence ánd was thus pretextual
• holding that plaintiff may reach trial No. 06-3882 13 by showing, through circumstantial evidence, that em- ployer’s articulated reason for its action was not worthy of credence and was thus pretextual
• stating that a “telling temporal sequence” can demonstrate a causal link between adverse action and protected conduct
• finding that the “sincerity of [the plaintiff’s] belief is amply supported by her assertion that she threatened to take her complaint about [her supervisor] to the EEOC and did in fact subsequently contact the EEOC”
• emphasizing the need for using “special caution” when deciding summary judgment in a discrimination case
• denying summary judgment where plaintiff's belief that the conduct she challenged was unlawful appeared both sincere and reasonable

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