State of Maryland Commission on Human Relations v. Kaydon Ring & Seal, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that two people advanced by the plaintiff could be comparators, and still be similarly situated, despite the fact that they had different supervisors than the plaintiff
• reviewing agency should give appropriate deference to opportunity of hearing officer to observe demeanor of witnesses and should reject credibility assessments only for strong reasons
• reviewing agency should give appropriate deference to opportunity of hearing officer to observe demeanor of witnesses and should reject credibility assessments only for strong reasons
• applying federal Title VII standards in Article 49B discriminatory termination case
• agency should ordinarily defer to hearing officer’s “credibility determinations to the extent they are critical to the outcome and they are demeanor-based, that is, they are the product of observing the behavior of the witnesses”
• agency should ordinarily defer to hearing officer’s “credibility determinations to the extent they are critical to the outcome and they are demeanor-based, that is, they are the product of observing the behavior of the witnesses”

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