Steinberg v. 7-Up Bottling Co. of Philadelphia

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that, to plead the first element, a plaintiff “need not establish that the conduct she opposed actually violated Title VII, only that she had both a subjective good faith and objectively reasonable belief that it did”
• explaining a plaintiff must “state a prima facie case” of her Title VII claim to survive a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss
• finding the plaintiff’s belief that she was opposing unlawful conduct was objectively reasonable under the circumstances, regardless of whether an actual violation occurred
• “The ‘reasonable belief’ standard in this circuit and most others requires a plaintiff show both a subjective, good faith belief and an objectively reasonable belief that he or she opposed conduct unlawful under Title VII.”

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