Ware v. Billington

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “the mere initiation of [an] investigation does not” constitute an adverse employment action
• explaining that Title VII plaintiffs failure to submit proper medical documentation was a legitimate, nondiscriminatory explanation for designating plaintiff AWOL
• stating that “although the discipline imposed as a result of an investigation may have a sufficiently adverse effect on plaintiffs employment to be actionable, the mere initiation of the investigation does not”
• “[Although the discipline imposed as a result of an investigation may have a sufficiently adverse effect on plaintiff[’]s employment to be actionable, the mere initiation of the investigation does not.”
• “[T]he request for an investigation by an independent body (as opposed to the disciplinary action that may follow) does not constitute an actionable adverse employment action.”
• “[A]lthough the discipline imposed as a result of an investigation may have a sufficiently adverse effect on plaintiff’s employment to be actionable, the mere initiation of the investigation does not.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).