Luka v. Bard College

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that remarks about age that were neither “made close in time nor in relation to the specific employment decision” did not raise an inference of discrimination
• discussing factors to consider to “determine whether a particular comment is probative of discriminatory animus”
• dismissing disability discrimination claim where discriminatory animus was based on stray remarks
• “As a general matter, verbal comments may raise an inference of discrimination, but not where they lack a causal nexus to the termination decision.” (citation marks and citation omitted)
• “Isolated comments, while potentially offensive, do not lead to an inference of discriminatory intent.”
• “Isolated comments, while potentially offensive, do not lead to an inference of discriminatory intent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

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

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2009-06-18· cited 2,790×
• Littlejohn v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2015-08-03· cited 1,766×
• Vega v. Hempstead Union Free School District
  Second Circuit· 2015-09-02· cited 1,680×
• Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-20· cited 1,653×
• Staub v. Proctor Hospital
  Supreme Court· 2011-03-01· cited 1,083×
• Edward E. Lucente, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. International Business MacHines Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 2002-11-04· cited 951×
• Gorzynski v. Jetblue Airways Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2010-02-19· cited 903×
• Loreley Financing (Jersey) No. 3 Ltd. v. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2015-07-24· cited 895×
• Abdu-Brisson v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2001-02-12· cited 604×
• Marilyn GALDIERI-AMBROSINI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL REALTY & DEVELOPMENT CORP., Defendant-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1998-02-04· cited 501×
• Charles R. Carlton v. Mystic Transportation, Inc., Mystic Bulk Carriers, Inc., and Leonard Baldari
  Second Circuit· 2000-01-28· cited 471×
• Anthony P. Capobianco, Jr. v. City of New York and New York City Department of Sanitation, Docket No. 04-3230-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2005-09-01· cited 418×
• Port Dock & Stone Corp. v. Oldcastle Northeast, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2007-10-23· cited 329×
• Goldstein v. Pataki
  Second Circuit· 2008-04-07· cited 309×
• Tolbert v. Smith
  Second Circuit· 2015-06-24· cited 306×
• Peter F. Gaito Architecture, LLC v. Simone Development Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2010-04-07· cited 305×
• Henry v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2010-08-04· cited 288×
• Stewart J. Rodal v. Anesthesia Group of Onondaga, P.C.
  Second Circuit· 2004-05-24· cited 251×