Cornwell v. Microsoft Corp.

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• holding that both an initial reduction in guaranteed monthly base salary and a later termination could independently qualify as adverse actions
• “When evaluating the merits of cases brought under WLAD, we employ the 5 McDonnell Douglas.”
• to prove the causal element, a plaintiff must show that 3 retaliation was a “substantial factor” motivating the employer’s adverse action
• to prove 6 the causal element, a plaintiff must show that retaliation was a “substantial factor” motivating the 7 employer’s adverse action
• a 8 plaintiff may rely on the fact that “the employer had knowledge of the action” as 9 evidence of discrimination sufficient to survive summary judgment.
• “At the summary judgment stage, the plaintiff’s burden is one of production, not persuasion.”

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Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-04· cited 3,700×
• William J. Ray v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-07-07· cited 707×
• California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Guerra
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-13· cited 662×
• Elizabeth Gordon v. New York City Board of Education
  Second Circuit· 2000-11-03· cited 658×
• Thompson v. St. Regis Paper Company
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-07-05· cited 536×
• Richard Kessler v. Westchester County Department of Social Services and Westchester County, Docket No. 05-2582-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2006-08-23· cited 499×
• Muller v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 1908-02-24· cited 342×
• Grimwood v. University of Puget Sound, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-04-14· cited 319×
• Godofredo Hernandez v. Spacelabs Medical Inc., a Delaware Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-09-11· cited 297×
• Nada Raad v. Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-05-08· cited 263×
• Stephens v. Erickson
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-06-30· cited 247×
• Wilmot v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-12-12· cited 237×
• Scrivener v. Clark College
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-09-18· cited 204×
• Deborah RANEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VINSON GUARD SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-08-29· cited 186×
• Allison v. Housing Authority of City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-12-12· cited 162×
• Robert B. Reich, U.S. Secretary of Labor v. Hoy Shoe Company, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1994-08-12· cited 88×
• Estevez v. Faculty Club of the University of Washington
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-03-28· cited 51×
• Boyd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2015-02-03· cited 43×
• Currier v. Northland Services, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-08-04· cited 41×

Other cases named Cornwell v. Microsoft Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Cornwell v. Microsoft Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2017-06-05