Horn v. Cushman & Wakefield Western, Inc.

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• explaining that an 16 employee must provide “substantial evidence” that an employer’s stated reason was untrue or 17 pretextual, or “evidence the employer acted with a discriminatory animus” in order to avoid 18 summary judgment
• “Where there is no underlying contract there can be no duty of good faith arising from the implied covenant.”
• where employee had at-will employment status, no cognizable claim for breach of an employment contract or for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing
• an isolated, ambiguous remark by a person who did not make the decision to terminate plaintiff, which was not made in the context of plaintiff's termination, was entitled to virtually no weight in determining whether the decision maker harbored discriminatory animus
• an isolated, ambiguous remark by a 8 person who did not make the decision to terminate plaintiff, which was not made in the context of 9 plaintiff's termination, was entitled to virtually no weight in determining whether the decision 10 maker harbored discriminatory animus
• good performance reviews are not enough

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