Lear v. Illinois

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “comments by decision-makers that denigrate those over forty” would be sufficient circumstantial evidence of animus in an age discrimination suit
• holding punitive damages assessed for fraud dischargeable pursuant to subsection (a)(2), but distinguishing punitive damages assessed for willful and malicious injury pursuant to subsection (a)(6) as nondis-chargeable
• holding that punitive damages are nondis-chargeable under § 523(a)(6)
• characterizing nine months as “a long gestation period” and finding no causal connection
• “Courts may not sit as super personnel departments, assessing the merits — or even the rationality — of employers’ nondiscriminatory business decisions.”
• “Courts may not sit as super personnel departments, assessing the merits-or even the rationality-of employers nondiscriminatory business decisions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).