Kimberly Barnes-Staples v. Robin Carnahan

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• finding that the plaintiff waived her sex discrimination claim under Title VII when she did not “develop” her argument before the district court by providing evidence or by illustrating specific unlawful conduct
• finding that the plaintiff waived her sex discrimination claim under Title VII when she did not “develop” her argument before the district court by providing evidence or by illustrating specific unlawful conduct
• finding that a plaintiff must show that an adverse employment action was “at least in part on account of sex” without reaching the issue of whether an intersectional theory of discrimination can be the basis for a viable claim
• finding no evidence of pretext where the purported policy violation “af- fected all candidates equally”
• “Nothing in the record suggests the [interviewers] thought anybody other than [the employee who was offered the job] was the best candidate at any point.”
• “If [the employer] honestly believed it made the correct employment decision—even if its decision was inaccurate, unfair, foolish, trivial, or baseless—[plaintiff's] claims cannot succeed.”

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Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Otis Grant v. Trustees of Indiana University
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-08-31· cited 1,306×
• Denise Coleman v. Patrick R. Donaho
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-01-06· cited 861×
• Karen Murphy v. Carolyn Colvin
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-07-22· cited 757×
• Michael C. Cichon v. Exelon Generation Company, L.L.C.
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-03-21· cited 228×
• Anthony D. Buie v. Quad/graphics, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-04-27· cited 227×
• Janine Rudin v. Lincoln Land Community College
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-08-25· cited 209×
• David McDaniel v. Progress Rail Locomotive, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-10-09· cited 198×
• Regina Baines v. Walgreen Company
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-07-12· cited 192×
• Stephen Ezell v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-03-16· cited 183×
• Riley v. Elkhart Community Schools
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-07-22· cited 171×
• Ferrill v. Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-06-19· cited 152×
• Lateirra R. Sublett v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. & Wiley Publishing, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-09-13· cited 145×
• Vanessa Robertson v. Wisconsin Department of Health
  Seventh Circuit· 2020-02-07· cited 139×
• Wamiq SATTAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOTOROLA, INC., Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-03-12· cited 112×
• Emily Lewis v. Indiana Wesleyan University
  Seventh Circuit· 2022-06-10· cited 108×
• Paula Blise v. John M. Antaramian, Steve Stanczak, Nick E. Arnold
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-06-01· cited 98×
• Coffman v. Indianapolis Fire Department
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-08-20· cited 96×
• Michael Reck v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2022-02-23· cited 96×
• Bradley Lavite v. Alan Dunstan
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-08-07· cited 85×