Khalid Khowaja v. Jefferson Sessions III

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the plaintiff’s failure to show that he met his employer’s legitimate expectations “doomed” his prima facie case
• clarifying that Ortiz did not alter the burden-shifting framework set forth in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973)
• clarifying that Ortiz did not alter the burden-shifting framework set forth in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973)
• considering it “significant” to the similarly situated comparator analysis that the comparator did not defend his mistakes
• considering it significant to the similarly situated comparator analysis that the comparator did not defend his mistakes
• McDonnell Douglas’s “similarly situated and pretext analysis often overlap, as comparator evidence … [is] relevant to both inquiries” (citation omitted)

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Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Swyear v. Fare Foods Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-12-26· cited 161×
• Vicki Barbera v. Pearson Education, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-10-12· cited 152×
• Lau v. Abbott Laboratories
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-07-17· cited 25×
• James Napier v. Orchard School Foundation
  Seventh Circuit· 2025-05-16· cited 17×
• Daza v. State
  S.D. Indiana· 2018-08-31· cited 9×
• Dockery v. Maryville Acad.
  E.D. Illinois· 2019-03-29· cited 3×
• Ridge v. Ind. Univ. Health Arnett, Inc.
  N.D. Indiana· 2018-11-05· cited 1×
• Amy Swyear v. Fare Foods Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-12-26
• James Napier v. Orchard School Foundation
  Seventh Circuit· 2025-06-10

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Henry Ortiz v. Werner Enterprises, Incorporat
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-08-19· cited 1,674×
• Denise Coleman v. Patrick R. Donaho
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-01-06· cited 861×
• Pamela J. Burks v. Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Marcia L. Traska, and Mary P. Forlenza
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-09-29· cited 342×
• Patricia Peele v. Country Mutual Insurance Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-04-30· cited 254×
• Terrance McKinney v. Sheriff's Office of Whitley Co
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-08-08· cited 134×
• Tony Brummett v. Lee Enterprises, Inc. D/B/A the Decatur Herald and Review
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-03-25· cited 44×
• Elkhatib v. Dunkin Donuts, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-07-10· cited 41×
• Golla v. Office of the Chief Judge of Cook County
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-11-15· cited 22×