Forman, Paul v. Small, Lawrence M.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that section 15 of ADEA \by its own terms alone prohibits\ retaliation as one form of age discrimination
• ruling that § 633a waives sovereign immunity as to claims of retaliation, not just claims of age discrimination
• concluding that, although an employer “knew of the [plaintiff’s] EEO complaint” when he decided not to promote the plaintiff, the plaintiff had still not pointed to sufficient evidence such that a reasonable jury could infer causation
• explaining that the plaintiff “merely needs to establish facts adequate to permit an inference of retaliatory motive”
• requiring that, for a prima facie case of retaliation, plaintiff show a causal connection existed between a protected activity and the adverse action
• stating that knowledge, without more, will not establish causation for a prima facie case of retaliation

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