Pickett v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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• finding that although the “contributing factor” standard is “lower than those applied in other anti-discrimination contexts,” it still requires “proof of retaliatory motive”
• explaining that the phrase \contributing factor\ is a standard of causation that does not eliminate the requirement for a plaintiff to present evidence of an improper motive
• explaining that the phrase “contributing factor” is a standard of causation that does not eliminate the requirement for a plaintiff to present evidence of an improper motive
• explaining that the phrase “contributing factor” is a standard of causation that does not eliminate the requirement for a plaintiff to present evidence of an improper motive
• holding “the statutory text requires a showing that retaliation was a motivating factor”
• explaining that retaliation must play “at least some role” in adverse action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).