Diana F. Wells v. Sci Management, L.P. Sci Missouri Funeral Services, Inc., D/B/A Mount Moriah Funeral Home

How courts have described this case

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• stating that certain sexist comments “are immaterial because they, were ... unrelated to the decisional process itself’
• acknowledging that a plaintiff does not satisfy her burden of demonstrating an inference of discrimination merely by presenting evidence that her position was subsequently assumed by a male
• noting that “a RIF certainly constitutes such a [legitimate, non-discriminatory] reason” for a termination
• explaining that a typical means of proof for the fourth element in a gender discrimination case is showing that plaintiff was treated differently from similarly situated employees of the opposite sex
• “Filing a complaint [of discrimination] does not clothe [the plaintiff] with immunity for past and present inadequacies.” (internal quotation omitted)
• “Having determined that Wells failed to present a prima facie case of discrimination, we need not analyze SCI’s proffered legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the discharge, although we note a RIF certainly constitutes such a reason”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).