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Fifth Circuit· 8/26/2002

Hitt v. Connell

Citations

  • 301 F.3d 240

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  • determining that the admission of evidence that a supervisor discriminated against third parties 7 was probative to motive and did not run afoul of Fed. R. Evid. 403
  • affirming the trial court's admission of audio recordings where \[b]oth deputies who recorded [the] statements testified about how they made the recordings\
  • union association must have been “a substantial or motivating factor” in adverse action (citations omitted)
  • union-association claim requires showing: (1) plaintiff suffered adverse employment action; (2) plaintiff’s associational interest outweighed government’s efficiency interest; and (3) association was “a substantial or motivating factor” in adverse action (citations omitted)
  • District Court did not err in allowing non-party employees to testify about the employer’s discrimination and retaliation against them because such testimony was relevant to the plaintiff proving the employer’s motive in discharging him

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Judges: Jones, Garza, Stewart

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