but-for-test
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-136 | Melanie Pelcha v. Watch Hill Bank | Sixth Circuit | 2021-08-02 | Denied | adea age-discrimination but-for-causation but-for-test causal-standard causation employment employment-law summary-judgment workplace-termination | Does the ADEA require proving age was the sole reason for termination? | |
| 19-6865 | Delante L. Lunn v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-12-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | but-for-causation but-for-test causation criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-offenses drug-overdose mandatory-minimum overdose-causation sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether the but-for test in Burrage v. United States should be re-evaluated for mixed drug overdoses that result in death where no drug distributed by… |
| 19-500 | Ameer Siddiqui v. NetJets Aviation, Inc. | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-10-18 | Denied | Response RequestedRelisted (2) | but-for but-for-test causation-standard civil-rights comparator-analysis comparators employment-discrimination pretext pretext-evaluation reasonable-inference retaliation retaliation-claims section-1981 summary-judgment title-vii | Are plaintiffs who bring retaliation claims under Title VII or Section 1981 subjected to the 'but for' test, or is a reasonable inference sufficient? |