Riley v. Lance, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
518 F.3d 996 · 2008
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 10 district ·
Relationships
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · Fisher v. Pharmacia & Upjohn · Johnson v. Ready Mixed Concrete Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[Plaintiff's] reliance on previous positive performance evaluations in support of his argument is misplaced. Past performance evaluations — especially where, as here, they were given by different supervisors — cannot be used to show that [plaintiff] was meeting [the company's] expectations a year or more later when [plaintiff] was terminated.”); Rojas v. Florida, 285 F.3d 1339, 1343 (11th Cir.2002) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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