Porsha Perkins v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

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• recognizing the holding in Gossett “that the burden-shifting framework of -10- McDonnell Douglas does not apply at the summary judgment stage in Tennessee”
• “[C]ourts must . . . ascertain the parties’ intent from the ‘usual, natural, and ordinary meaning of the contractual language.’”
• “[C]ourts must construe contracts as a whole and ascertain the parties’ intent from the usual, natural, and ordinary meaning of the contractual language.” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)

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