Evans v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

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• holding a statement outside the Rule because “[t]here is no evidence that [the declarant] was plaintiffs supervisor or played a role in any of the employment decisions”
• “[T]he respective antidiscrimination laws of New York and New Jersey do not apply to the Port Authority because it is an agency created by an interstate compact.”
• “Defendants’ failure to produce documentary evidence . . . gives the Court some pause, but it is plaintiff’s burden to establish pretext, not the defendants’ burden to disprove it.”
• co-worker’s statement could not be imputed to employer, and thus was inadmissible, where there was no evidence that co-worker was plaintiffs supervisor, or played a role in a relevant employment decision, or that the statement related to his duties

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