· 6/1/2009
Corales v. Bennett
Citations
- 567 F.3d 554
- 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 11664
- 2009 WL 1508581
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- clarifying that the third prong requires that \the protected activity was a substantial or motivating factor in the defendant's conduct.\
- finding that plaintiff must offer evidence the 11 defendant knew about the protected conduct to raise a triable issue as to motive
- noting that, at summary judgment stage, evidence that a defendant knew of 5 the protected speech is required to sustain a First Amendment retaliation claim
- explaining that a district court is within its discretion to grant summary judgment on a claim so long as plaintiff was on notice that the claim was at issue
- dismissing state civil rights claims brought against a school district in federal court as barred by Eleventh Amendment immunity
- setting out California standards for claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress
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Judges: Pregerson, Hall, Ezra
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