Seventh Circuit· 1/16/2008

Gates v. Caterpillar, Inc.

Citations

513 F.3d 680
2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 883
90 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,090
102 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 609
2008 WL 141814

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holding that a similarly situated employee is one who is “comparable to the plaintiff in all material respects” (emphasis in original)
concluding that plaintiff’s limited information on comparators was “too vague to allow this Court to determine whether Gates and the men are ‘similarly situated’ ”
Stating that job performance is measured “through the eyes of her supervisors” at the time of the adverse employment action.
noting that “[t]he proper inquiry mandates looking at [the employee’s] job performance through the eyes of her supervisors at the time of her . . . termination”
affirming district court’s dismissal of discrimination claim because the plaintiff was unable to meet either the second or fourth prongs of the McDonnell Douglas test
affirming district court’s dismissal of discrimination claim because the plaintiff was unable to meet either the second or fourth prongs of the McDonnell Douglas test

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Judges: Flaum, Rovner, Evans

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