Vaughn v. Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co.

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing similarity between statutory schemes in antidiscrimination provisions under ORS chapter 659, the precursor to ORS chapter 659A, and in Title VII
• noting the similarity of Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 659.121(1), 659.410, and 659.415 to provisions of Title VII
• relating to personal cause of action for injured worker’s discrimination claim provided in ORS chapter 659A
• \[A]n employer may discharge for cause and not violate the statutory discrimination provisions. But an employer may not discharge if the motivation is discrimination proscribed by statute.\
• “[A]n employer may discharge for cause and not violate the statutory discrimination provisions. But an employer may not discharge if the motivation is discrimination proscribed by statute.”
• “This court will avoid a construction which creates a conflict between statutes or renders one statute ineffective.”

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