· 3/8/2013
Toy A. Collins v. American Red Cross
Citations
- 715 F.3d 994
- 2013 WL 856512
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4749
- 96 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,785
- 117 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1077
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- The “direct” method of proof requires that the plaintiff “provide either direct or circumstantial evidence that the employer had a discriminatory motivation.”
- “[A] plaintiff must show that her employer is lying, not merely that her employer is wrong.”
- “[A] plaintiff must show that her employer is lying, not merely that her employer is wrong.”
- “[A] plaintiff must show that her employer is lying, not merely that her employer is wrong.”
- the question is not whether the employer’s stated reason was inaccurate or unfair, but whether it was a lie
- “Title VII does not forbid sloppy, mistaken, or unfair terminations; it forbids discriminatory or retaliatory terminations.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Kanne, Wood, Sykes
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