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· 5/16/2012

Hamilton v. Southland Christian School, Inc.

Citations

  • 680 F.3d 1316
  • 2012 WL 1694589
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 9865
  • 95 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,538
  • 114 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1633

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that a plaintiff can survive summary judgment by providing enough circumstantial evidence to create a triable issue as to the employer’s discriminatory intent
  • explaining that a plaintiff “does not have to show a comparator if she can show enough non-comparison circumstantial evidence to raise a reasonable inference of intentional discrimination”
  • finding that “[a] passing reference to an issue in a brief is not enough, and the failure to make arguments and cite authorities in support of an issue waives it.”
  • noting that late arguments are “unfair to the appellee”
  • “[T]he failure to make arguments and cite authorities in support of an issue waives it.” (citing Singh v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 561 F.3d 1275, 1278 (11th Cir.2009) (per curiam))
  • “A triable issue of fact exists if the record, viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, presents enough circumstantial evidence to raise a reasonable inference of intentional discrimination.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Carnes, Martin, Jordan

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