Gonda v. Donahoe

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “poor and deteriorating job performance is a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for firing plaintiff”
• explaining that decision-maker’s age—over forty years old— cut against an inference of age discrimina tion
• “In answering the ultimate question, the prima facie case remains relevant, but only as part of the evidence the court considers.”
• “Instances of positive feedback do not suggest pretext given the substantial evidence that [an employee’s] superiors were dissatisfied with work performance and [an employee’s] failure to improve.”
• “[R]etaliation claims must be proved according to traditional principles of but-for causation.” (citation omitted)
• “The existence of unrebutted facts about [plaintiff’s] unsatisfactory work performance would make it impossible for a jury to conclude that retaliatory animus was the only cause for [plaintiff’s] . . . subsequent discharge.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).