John PLAIR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E J. BRACH & SONS, INCORPORATED and E.J. Brach Corporation, Defendants-Appellees

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• explaining that to show pretext, the plaintiff must “squarely rebut” the specific reason articulated by the defendant
• “[D]i-rect evidence would be what [the employer] said or did in the specific employment decision in question: terminating [the employee].”
• to prove pretext, plaintiff must squarely rebut the specific reason articulated by the defendant
• “At this stage, the reason need only be facially nondiscriminatory.”

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