Robert Little v. Bp Exploration & Oil Company Richard Bruzina, Individually and in His Capacity as Store Manager for Bp Oil Company

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “there are circumstances where temporal proximity considered with other evidence of retaliatory conduct would be sufficient to establish a causal connection”
• confirming that an individual who “was merely Plaintiff’s supervisor and not his employer” “cannot be held individually liable under Title VII”
• finding that “temporal proximity, when considered with the other evidence of retaliatory conduct, is sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact as to” a causal connection
• stating that “temporal proximity alone is insufficient to establish a causal connection for a retaliation claim” but noting that temporal proximity, in combination with other circumstances, may be sufficient to establish a causal connection
• “[T]emporal proximity, when considered with the other evidence of retaliatory conduct, is sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact as to” a causal connection.
• “[W]e are bound by Sixth Circuit precedent unless it is overruled by either our court sitting en banc or the Supreme Court.”

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