Edelman v. NYU Langone

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How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that termination is an adverse action for purposes of a Title VII discrimination claim
• explaining that “[t]he NYCHRL and NYSHRL employ a more liberal standard” than Title VII for retaliation claims
• noting that the New York Court of Appeals “constru[es] NYSHRL and NYCHRL claims together” following the 2019 amendment (citing Syeed v. Bloomberg L.P., 235 N.E.3d 351, 354 (N.Y. 2024))
• “Manifest injustice exists where a jury’s verdict is wholly without legal support.” (quotation marks omitted)
• “There is no dispute that [the plaintiff] was subjected to an adverse employment action when her employment was terminated by the failure to renew her contract.”
• “A post-trial Rule 50(b) motion for judgment as a matter of law is properly made only if a Rule 50(a) motion for judgment as a matter of law has been made before submission of the case to the jury.” (quotation marks omitted)

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Cites

37 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×
• Carol A. Gallo v. Prudential Residential Services, Limited Partnership, Doing Business as Prudential Relocation Management
  Second Circuit· 1994-04-27· cited 2,455×
• Littlejohn v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2015-08-03· cited 1,766×
• Vega v. Hempstead Union Free School District
  Second Circuit· 2015-09-02· cited 1,680×
• Staub v. Proctor Hospital
  Supreme Court· 2011-03-01· cited 1,083×
• Kwan v. The Andalex Group LLC
  Second Circuit· 2013-12-16· cited 875×
• Mihalik v. Credit Agricole Cheuvreux North America, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2013-04-26· cited 827×
• Cash v. County of Erie
  Second Circuit· 2011-08-18· cited 698×
• Elizabeth Gordon v. New York City Board of Education
  Second Circuit· 2000-11-03· cited 658×
• Feingold v. New York
  Second Circuit· 2004-04-30· cited 605×
• Summa v. Hofstra University
  Second Circuit· 2013-02-21· cited 511×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
  Second Circuit· 2014-09-29· cited 385×
• Ya-Chen Chen v. City University of New York
  Second Circuit· 2015-10-28· cited 363×
• Kelly v. Howard I. Shapiro & Associates Consulting Engineers, P.C.
  Second Circuit· 2013-04-26· cited 340×
• Brady v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2008-07-02· cited 307×
• Tepperwien v. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2011-10-31· cited 242×
• Billie R. Banks v. General Motors, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2023-09-07· cited 163×
• Home Insurance v. American Home Products Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1990-01-18· cited 147×
• Vasquez v. Empress Ambulance Service, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2016-08-29· cited 120×
• ING Global v. United Parcel Service Oasis Supply Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2014-06-30· cited 115×