R. M. v. DEPT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an employer’s honest belief that an employee violated its policies can constitute a legitimate reason for termination even if the employer’s belief may have been mistaken or wrong
• “[I]f the employer fired an employee because it honestly believed that the employee had violated a company policy, even if it was mistaken in such belief, the discharge is not ‘because of [discrimination].’”
• “[I]f the employer fired an employee because it honestly believed that the employee had violated a company policy, even if it was mistaken in such belief, the discharge is not ‘because of race.’”
• an employer does not unlawfully discriminate against an employee “if the employer fired an employee because it honestly believed that the employee had violated a company policy, even if it was mistaken in such belief’
• “[I]f the employer fired an employee because it honestly believed that the employee had violated a company policy, even if it was mistaken in such belief, the discharge is not [discriminatory] . . . .”
• “[I]f the employer fired an employee because it honestly believed that the employee had violated a company policy, even if it was mistaken in such belief, the discharge is not ‘because of race’ and the employer has not violated § 1981.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).