D.C. Circuit· 5/20/2016

Prince Johnson v. Thomas Perez

Citations

422 U.S. App. D.C. 385
823 F.3d 701
2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 9229
100 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,559
129 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 237
2016 WL 2941965

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recognizing that a party’s testimony will always in some sense be “self-serving,” but that “parties, like other fact witnesses, are legally competent to give material testimony” and in certain contexts may be “the key, or even sole, witnesses”
recognizing that a party’s testimony will always in some sense be “self-serving,” but that “parties, like other fact witnesses, are legally competent to give material testimony” and in certain contexts may be “the key, or even sole, witnesses”
complaining that Dr. Keller told Ms. Iyer that she would let her know when an interim chair was selected but ultimately failed to do so
noting that it is factfinder’s role to discount sworn testimony based on bias
“Courts may grant summary judgment to a defendant where a plaintiff’s evidence is vague or conclusory.”
“After all, evidence a party proffers in support of its cause will usually, in some sense, be ‘self-serving.’”

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Judges: Tatel, Pillard, Williams

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