Waterhouse v. District of Columbia

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that pretext is not shown “simply based on [plaintiffs] own subjective assessment of [her] own performance”
• noting that the “plaintiff’s perception of himself, and of his work performance, is not relevant. It is the perception of the decisionmaker which is relevant”
• noting that allegation of discriminatory termination was “undercut[]” by the fact that “the same individuals hired and terminated plaintiff”
• transferring case where first filed action resulted from plaintiff “jumping the gun” and winning race to courthouse
• noting an allegedly discriminatory statement \was made in the context\ of other statements and thus did not evince discrimination
• A plaintiff “ ‘must do more than just deny or criticize the proffered reasons of the defendant[s].’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).