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· 9/26/2006

Metzler v. Federal Home Loan Bank

Citations

  • 464 F.3d 1164
  • 11 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 1541
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 24268
  • 88 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 42,566
  • 2006 WL 2733112

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that temporal proximity is insufficient to establish pretext on its own but may be a relevant factor
  • finding that six week period between protected activity and adverse action was sufficient to establish third element of prima facie retaliation case
  • stating poor job performance is a legitimate, nonretaliatory reason for termination
  • \`[A] mistaken belief can be a legitimate reason for an employment decision and is not necessarily pretextual.'\
  • temporal proximity is “evidence of a causal connection sufficient to justify an inference of retaliatory motive”
  • finding no pretext when new supervisor sets new standards

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Porfilio, Ebel, Herrera

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