Contreras Farms v. Phoenix

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that McDonnell Douglas should not be used where the statute does not require but-for causation
• recognizing that “[b]ecause the relevant [federal-sector] provisions of the ADEA and Title VII are materially identical, . . . the Supreme Court’s analysis of the former controls the latter as well”
• holding that this standard applies to retaliatory hostile work environment claims
• suggesting that the familiar McDonnell Douglas framework does not apply in federal-sector Title VII cases
• explaining that a “retaliatory- hostile-environment claim” is a type of retaliation claim under § 2000e-3(a)
• concluding that the Burlington standard applies in federal-sector retaliation cases

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