Loralie Ann Musolf v. J.C. Penney Company, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the Court is to “review the evidence and the inferences which reasonably may be drawn from the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party” (citation omitted)
• finding that the timing of a plaintiff’s later complaint about sexual harassment on the eve of her termination did not create close temporal proximity to her termination, in part, because it “did not raise any new complaints”
• describing the burden-shifting analysis of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802, 93 S.Ct. 1817, 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973)
• “The time-lag [of seven months] between [the plaintiffs] complaints and [adverse action] creates a challenge for [the plaintiff] to establish the causal link.”
• standard of review; plaintiff must show causal connection between materially adverse employment action and protected conduct
• stating the elements of a retaliation claim

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