Matter of Bonilla v. Brentwood Union Free Sch. Dist.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that the “cat’s paw” doctrine has been employed by lower courts to impose liability upon an employer for the discriminatory motivations of nondecisionmakers
• stating that adverse employment actions under Title VII include termination of employment
• reading Title YII to encourage the development of effective grievance procedures to deter misconduct
• reading Title VII to encourage the development of effective grievance procedures to deter misconduct
• defining an adverse action as one that results in “a significant change in employment status, such as hiring [and] firing”
• committing a tort while “[a]cting purely from personal ill will” is not within the scope of employment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).