· 4/15/1985
Gertie Simmons and Thomas Baker v. Camden County Board of Education
Citations
- 757 F.2d 1187
- 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 28914
- 36 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 35,214
- 37 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 795
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the connection between a protected act and adverse employment action need not be alleged by direct evidence, but, rather, only be alleged to be “not wholly unrelated”
- “the sort of logical connection that would justify a prescription that the protected participation in fact prompted the adverse action … would rise to the level of direct evidence of discrimination.”
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Judges: Hill, Per Curiam, Roney, Tuttle
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