Thomas v. Contoocook Valley School District

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• noting that the resolution of an employment discrimination case turns on the employer’s actual motivation for firing an employee, as opposed to whether the employer had legal cause to fire the employee
• “It is now settled, however, that State agency findings that are not reviewed by a state court are not entitled to any preclusive effect in a subsequent action under Title VII”
• “the ADA incorporates the same Title VII deferral procedures ... on which the Supreme Court relied in ... Elliott; therefore, those holdings apply with equal force in the ADA context.”
• “[The defendants have] articulated a legitimate non-discriminatory business reason for dismissing [McGrady] from [the] Respiratory Care [P]rogram, which was not shown to be a pretext for racial or sex discrimination.”
• “The finding of ‘sufficient cause’ must be viewed in conjunction with the fact that the State Board explicitly chose not to decide whether the School Board ... im-permissibly discriminated against Thomas based upon her voice disability.”
• “[T]he ADA incorporates the same Title VII deferral procedures, see 42 U.S.C. § 12117 (incorporating 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5), on which the Supreme Court relied in Kremer and Elliott; therefore, those holdings apply with equal force in the ADA context.”

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