Joseph Shields v. State of Missouri

How courts have described this case

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• finding that the timing of a denial of a tour extension, less than 2 months after the taking of military leave, favored a claim of discriminatory motivation under USERRA
• “Military service is a motivating factor for an adverse employment action if the employer ‘relied on, took into account, considered, or conditioned its decision’ on the employee’s military-related absence or obligation.”
• “The correct ‘standard is not what the court would decide in a de novo appraisal, but whether the administrative determination is supported by substantial evidence on the record' as a whole.’” (quoting Parker v. U.S. Postal Serv., 819 F.2d 1113, 1115 (Fed. Cir. 1987))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).