Young v. Dillon Companies, Inc.

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• explaining that the relevant inquiry is whether the employer honestly believed its proffered reasons for termination and acted in good faith upon those beliefs
• rejecting contention that pretext is shown solely by demonstrating that the “true facts” associated with the termination differ from what the employer honestly believed
• affirming summary judgment where there was no “evidence bearing directly on whether the defendant authorized a termination in good faith or instead sought to pursue a discriminatory purpose through subterfuge”
• emphasizing the “facts ... known to the relevant decision makers within [the employer’s business] at the time they made their decision to fire [plaintiff]” to conclude that the employer honestly believed that plaintiff intentionally misrepresented his time at work
• statements revealing racial animus were not admissible in establishing pretext because they were made to other employees and subsequently conveyed, second-hand, to the plaintiff
• court may not consider hearsay evidence in affidavits submitted in support of, or in opposition to, summary judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).