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· 9/8/2009

Nicholson v. Hyannis Air Service, Inc.

Citations

  • 580 F.3d 1116
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 20020
  • 92 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,687
  • 107 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 261
  • 2009 WL 2857198

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that \very little evidence is necessary to raise a genuine issue of fact regarding an employer's motive\ at the summary judgment stage
  • noting the distinction turns on the subjective or objective nature of the matter in question
  • assessing 20 5 Defendant emphasizes that, because certain of Plaintiff’s former coworkers are Black, they are 21 not “similarly situated individuals outside [Plaintiff’s] class.” See Freyd, 990 F.3d at 1228; Shapero Decl., Ex. A at 86–87 (identifying Shields as Black
  • “[V]ery little evidence is necessary to raise a genuine issue of fact regarding an employer’s motive” at the summary judgment stage.
  • pilots lacking in communication skills and technical skills were similarly situated because both skills could be “retrained”
  • “Individuals are similarly situated when they have similar jobs and display similar conduct.”

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Judges: Reinhardt, Brunetti, Thomas

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