Hollins v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'n

How courts have described this case

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• holding that reports made by outside counsel relied upon in terminating an employee were not hearsay because not offered for their truth, but to show that the employer relied upon them
• stating that an “employer can satisfy its burden by producing admissible evidence from which the trier of fact can rationally conclude that the employment action was not motivated by discriminatory animus” (quotation and brackets omitted)
• rejecting additional discovery where requests were general or asked for information that was immaterial
• plaintiff must show “ ‘both that the [proffered] reason was false, and that discrimination was the real reason’ ”
• The employer satisfies its burden “by producing admissible evidence from which the trier of fact [can] rationally conclude that the employment action [was not] motivated by discriminatory animus”
• “[W]e ordinarily do not consider issues raised for the first time on appeal . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).