Kathryn Keys v. Humana, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that employment-discrimination complaint was sufficient because it “detail[ed] several specific events” where White supervisors treated Black manager differently than White managers
• holding that allegations of specific events showing that Plaintiff was treated differently satisfy the pleading standard
• holding that Swierkiewicz’s admonition against application of the McDonnell Douglas standard at the pleadings stage survives Twombly and Iqbal
• holding that, because the McDonnell Douglas prima facie case is “an evidentiary standard, not a pleading requirement,” parties need not account for the later steps of McDonnell Douglas.
• explaining that “application of the McDonnell Douglas standard at the motion to dismiss stage differs from the federal rules’ pleading requirements
• explaining that the burden-shifting evidentiary framework may not even apply if a plaintiff relies on direct evidence

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