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· 7/16/1986

Lywanna COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, Et Al., Defendants-Appellants

Citations

  • 795 F.2d 1265
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 27237
  • 41 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 36,467
  • 41 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 425

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that discharge four months after filing a discrimination claim was insufficient to support an interference of retaliation
  • holding that four months was too distant to make a prima facie showing of retaliation
  • finding that four months between the protected activity and adverse action was insufficient to support an inference of retaliation
  • holding a four- month period was insufficient to establish a prima facie case of retaliation
  • explaining that discharge “four months after filing a discrimination claim is insufficient to support” an inference of retaliation
  • finding that, where employer filed disciplinary notices only weeks after protected conduct and discharged plaintiff within four months of the protected conduct, temporal proximity is insufficient to support an inference of retaliation

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Judges: Kennedy, Milburn, Joiner

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