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· 12/16/2004

Debbie Jaine Higdon v. Jerry Jackson

Citations

  • 393 F.3d 1211
  • 16 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 468
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 26130
  • 2004 WL 2903979

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “a period as much as one month between the protected expression and the adverse action is not too protracted” to establish causation
  • holding that, by itself, three months was insufficient to prove causation, but noting a previous holding that one month is “not too protracted”
  • holding that a three month period between protected activity and adverse action, without more, was not sufficient to establish causation element
  • holding that, by itself, three months was insufficient to prove causation, but noting a previous holding that one month is “not too protracted”
  • concluding that three-month period between the protected activity and the adverse employment action was insufficient to establishing a prima facie case of retaliation
  • holding that, by itself, a gap of three months was too long to support an inference of retaliation

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Judges: Edmondson, Pryor, Fay

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