Colbert v. Tapella’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 13 district ·

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1. “A plaintiff cannot always avoid summary judgment by showing the employer’s explanation to be false.... For instance, an employer would be entitled to judgment as a matter of law if the record conclusively revealed some other, nondiscriminatory reason for the employer’s decision, or if the plaintiff created only a weak issue of fact as to whether the employer’s reason was untrue and there was abundant and uncontroverted independent evidence that no discrimination had occurred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 842 F. Supp. 2d 273 - Butler v. Sebelius

2. “received numerous awards and commendations, including eight outstanding performance awards”). 4 . The page numbers for Def.’s Reply, Ex. I, as well as Pl.’s Opp’n, -Exs. 3 and 4, refer to those generated by the Court’s ECF system. 5 . The plaintiff also cites various e-mails between the plaintiff and other staff regarding the KSDS project that, in her view, demonstrate her”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pintro v. Genachowski