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· 9/30/2008

Sharpe v. Bair

Citations

  • 580 F. Supp. 2d 123
  • 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76057
  • 2008 WL 4443937

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that to prove pretext, a plaintiff must articulate specific and “significantly probative” evidence that a defendant’s provided reasons were false
  • observing that a plaintiff may use “indirect evidence” to support an inference that an employer took an action because of the plaintiff’s membership in a protected class
  • a paralegal and an attorney in the same law firm were not similarly situated

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Judges: Reggie B. Walton

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