Gregory Scott v. Cty. of Ramsey

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• finding that evidence that the employer’s stated reasons for discharge “were inconsistent with [the employee’s] performance evaluation” lent support to an inference of causation
• finding that the “strong showing” was not required in that case, because “the evidence of disparate treatment [wa]s offered as one component of circumstantial proof of pretext,” not the sole evidence of pretext
• requiring a “strong showing” that the employees compared must be “similarly situated in all relevant respects ... when the only evidence of pretext or discrimination is disparate treatment”
• requiring a “strong showing” that the employees compared must be “similarly situated in all relevant respects ... when the only evidence of pretext or discrimination is disparate treatment.”
• applying the McDonnell Douglas standard to both Title VII and MHRA retaliation claims
• such a “strong showing” is required when disparate treatment is the only form of discrimination asserted by the plaintiff

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