Kuchler v. Bechtel Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.
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“judgment as a matter of law for an employer charged with discrimination if evidence of the plaintiff employee’s misconduct surfaces at some time after the termination of the employee, and the employer can prove it would have fired the employee on the basis of the misconduct if it had known of it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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