Nada Raad v. Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plaintiff “demonstrated a genuine factual dispute as to whether . . . proffered reasons were pretextual,” where defen- dant hired a less-qualified applicant
• noting that a showing that plaintiff was the “clearly superior” candidate can be sufficient to create a disputed fact regarding pretext
• reaffirming two options for proving pretext by direct or indirect evidence
• “[T]he fact that an employer hired a far less qualified person than the plaintiff naturally gives rise to an inference that the non-discriminatory explanation offered by the employer is pretextual.”
• “[T]he fact that an employer hired a far less qualified person than the plaintiff naturally gives rise to an inference that the non-discriminatory explanation offered by the employer is pre- textual.”
• protected activities include filing charge or complaint, providing testimony regarding employer’s alleged unlawful practices, and engaging in activity intended to oppose employer’s discriminatory practices

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).