Whether Title VII's retaliation provision requires but-for causation or mixed-motive standard for proving employment discrimination

Question Presented 1. Whether Title VII’s retaliation provision and similarly worded statutes require a plaintiff to prove but-for causation (i.e., that an employer would not have taken an adverse employment | action but for an improper motive), or instead require only proof that the employer had a mixed motive (i.e., that an improper motive was one of multiple reasons for the employment action). ; , 2. Whether the statutory phase discrimination based on age includes , 7 retaliation based on the filing of age discrimination complaint ; PARTIES: PHILE ANDRA WATSON 1402 HOMESTEAD LN | | CARROLLTON, TX. 75007 . Telephone: 214-898-7170 . | | Email: , ProSe . . Petitioner ,