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· 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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