Russell, Lisa K. v. Principi, Anthony J.

How courts have described this case

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

• “in most circumstances performance evaluations alone at the satisfactory level or above should not be considered adverse employment actions”
• “Performance evaluations are likely to be ‘[interlocutory or mediate decisions having no immediate effect upon employment.’ The result of an evaluation is often speculative, making it difficult to remedy.” (citation omitted)
• “Performance eval uations are likely to be ‘[ijnterlocutory or mediate decisions having no immediate effect upon employment.’ The result of an evaluation is often speculative, making it difficult to remedy.” (citation omitted)
• causal link established by showing bonus followed automatically from positive evaluation
• “[N]ot everything that makes an employee unhappy is an actionable adverse action. Minor and even trivial employment actions that an irritable,’ ehip-on-theshoulder employee did not like would otherwise form the basis of a discrimination suit.”
• “[N]ot everything that makes an employee unhappy is an actionable adverse action. Minor and even trivial employment actions that an irritable, chip-on-the-shoulder employee did not like would otherwise form the basis of a discrimination suit.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).