Gladys F. WILLIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARION COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that the \cat's paw\ line of cases was not applicable where the decisionmaker investigated a subordinate's motives by meeting with the plaintiff before acting on the subordinate's adverse recommendation
• holding that when “the ultimate decision is clearly made on an independent and a legally permissive basis, the bias of the subor dinate is not relevant”
• holding that the “cat’s paw” line of cases was not applicable because the formal decisionmaker investigated the subordinate’s motives by meeting with the plaintiff before acting on the subordinate’s adverse recommendation
• holding that the \cat's paw\ line of cases was not applicable because the formal decisionmaker investigated the subordinate's motives by meeting with the plaintiff before acting on the subordinate's adverse recommendation
• holding that the “cat’s paw” line of cases was not applicable where the decisionmaker investigated a subordinate’s motives by meeting with the plaintiff before acting on the subordinate’s adverse recommendation
• holding that an employer is lia- ble for a subordinate’s discriminatory acts when the subordi- nate is “able to manipulate the decisionmaking process and to influence the decision”

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