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· 5/25/2016

United States v. Elia Orlando

Citations

  • 823 F.3d 1126
  • 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 9552
  • 2016 WL 3027527

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that the \knowledge\ relevant for a retaliation claim \must be tied to the decision-maker involved in the unfavorable personnel action\
  • noting that the “ ‘knowledge’ relevant for a retaliation claim. must be tied to the decision-maker involved in the unfavorable personnel action”
  • explaining that the “knowledge” relevant for a retaliation claim “must be tied to the decision-maker involved in the unfavorable personnel action”
  • holding under an analogous anti-retaliation statute that “[t]he ‘knowledge’ relevant for a retaliation claim ... must be tied to the decision-maker involved in the unfavorable personnel action”
  • “The ‘knowledge’ relevant for a retaliation claim under the FRSA must be tied to the decision-maker involved in the unfavorable personnel action.”
  • railroad was entitled to judgment on FRSA claim because employee had no evidence of animus or knowledge by relevant decision-makers

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Judges: Posner, Easterbrook, Kanne

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