Marlow Morgan v. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• requiring similarly situated individuals to have engaged in the same conduct without any mitigating or distinguishing circumstances
• explaining direct evidence “directly reflect[s] the [defendant’s] alleged discriminatory attitude” and “must be strong enough to show a specific link between the alleged discriminatory animus and the challenged decision” (cleaned up and citations omitted)
• requiring similarly situated individuals to have dealt with the same supervisor
• “direct” evidence includes evidence of conduct or statements of persons involved in the decisionmaking pro cess
• plaintiff not similarly situated to individuals in different positions or who report to a different supervisor
• a non-decisionmaker’s perceptions of the reasons for a decisionmaker’s actions are not “direct” evidence of a discriminatory animus

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).