Castro v. DeVry University, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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19 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. “To show pretext, an employee must present evidence suggesting that the employer is dissembling. The question is not whether the employer’s stated reason was inaccurate or unfair, but whether the employer honestly believed the reason it has offered to explain the discharge. To meet this burden, the employee must identify such weaknesses, implausibilities, inconsistencies, or com tradictions in the employer’s proffered reason that a reasonable person could find [it] unworthy of credence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Wilson v. Lear Seating Corp.

2. “to be probative of discrimination, isolated comments must be contemporaneous with the employment decision or causally related to the decision making process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 348 F. Supp. 3d 852 - Am. Homeland Title Agency, Inc. v. Robertson

3. “As a general rule, a reasonable trier of fact can infer pretext from an employer's shifting or inconsistent explanations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Silva v. State