Thomas Curley Plumbing & Heating Co., LLC v. Mounessa

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, to prevail under Section 1981, “a plaintiff must initially plead and ultimately prove that, but for race, it would not have suffered the loss of a legally protected right”
• holding that a plaintiff bringing a § 1981 claim “bears the burden of showing that race was a but-for cause of its injury”
• holding that “‘a plaintiff bears the burden of showing that race was a but-for cause of its injury”
• holding that “§ 1981 follows the general rule” that “a plaintiff bears the burden of showing that race was a but-for cause of its injury.”
• holding that in a § 1981 discrimination case, a plaintiff must show that her race was the but-for cause of her injury
• holding that a § 1981 plaintiff must prove that their race was a but-for cause of the discriminatory action

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