University of Tex. Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar

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How courts have described this case

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• holding that application of the “‘because’ of” requirement of Title VII’s antiretaliation provision requires proof of “but-for” causation
• concluding that same-supervisor requirement does not apply to all factual situations; rather, comparators must be similar in “relevant aspects”
• holding that a plaintiff “must establish that his or her protected activity was a but for cause of the alleged adverse action by the employer”
• holding that a plaintiff “must establish that his or her protected activity was a but-for cause of the alleged adverse action by the employer”
• holding that Title VII retaliation claims must be proven under “traditional principles of but-for causation”
• holding that “Title VII retaliation claims must be proved according to traditional principles of but-for causation”

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