Thomas Hobgood v. Illinois Gaming Board

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• stating that \ambiguous or isolated comments that stand alone are insufficient\ to survive summary judgment
• stating that “ambiguous or isolated comments that stand alone are insufficient” to survive summary judgment
• observing that it was clearly established that “the First Amendment prohibited ... terminating a public employee because he had helped another employee pursue a lawsuit aimed at uncovering and proving public corruption”
• determining that if an employer’s reason for a termination “is without factual basis or is completely unreasonable, [it provides] evidence that an employer might be lying about its true motivation”
• finding that merely disagreeing with an employer’s reasons does not make them pretextual
• explaining that evidence of pretext can be circumstantial evidence of retaliatory motive

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