Junius Joyner, III v. Morrison and Foerster LLP

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How courts have described this case

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• ruling that plaintiffs need not “demonstrate that all of the relevant aspects of [their] employment situation were nearly identical to those of the comparators” at dismissal stage (cleaned up)
• upholding the district court’s dismissal where the plaintiff had only alleged that “he and his comparators were attorneys working at the same law firm”
• affirming dismis- sal of a § 1981 claim because “general allegations about com- parators do not provide a meaningful benchmark” to decide if differential treatment was racially motivated
• affirming dismis- sal of a § 1981 claim because “general allegations about com- parators do not provide a meaningful benchmark” to decide if differential treatment was racially motivated
• “[A] plaintiff must plead facts sufficient to allow a plausible inference that the challenged action was taken because of his race.”
• “[A] plaintiff must plead facts sufficient to allow a plausible inference that the challenged action was taken because of his race.”

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