Ward v. Jewell

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate causation in a situation where he argued that his employer should have demoted or fired the other employee and should have given the plaintiff his previous supervisory responsibilities
• observing that a prima facie case of retal- iation requires more than “speculation, conjecture, or surmise”
• observing that a prima facie case of retaliation requires more than “speculation, conjecture, or surmise”
• noting that speculation is insufficient to support a causal nexus
• evaluating the causal connection element in a plaintiffs prima facie case by the but-for standard
• affirming summary judgment against Title VII retaliation claim where plaintiff failed to present evidence that plaintiff’s participation in EEOC proceedings was the but-for cause of defendant’s adverse employment actions

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