Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a plaintiff need not even plead a prima facie case of discrimination to satisfy Rule 8(a)
• noting that the elements of a prima facie case provide an outline of what would make a plaintiffs employment discrimination claim plausible
• applying the same pleading standard to claims under Title VII and the ADEA
• observing that Swierkiewicz survived Twombly and Iqbal
• “Rule 8(a) is the starting point of a simplified pleading system, 7 which was adopted to focus litigation on the merits of a claim.”
• “It is unnecessary and inappropriate to instruct the jury on the McDonnell Douglas analy- sis.”

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