| 24-427 |
Ronald Hittle v. City of Stockton, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-16 |
Denied |
Amici (10)Relisted (5) |
burden-shifting causation employment-discrimination motivating-factor supreme-court-precedent title-vii |
Whether the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework requires a plaintiff to disprove an employer's proffered reason for adverse employment action … |
| 24-5069 |
Phile Andra Watson v. FedEx Express |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
ada-discrimination americans-with-disabilities-act but-for-causation causation causation-standard congressional-intent disability-discrimination disability-rights employment-law motivating-factor |
What is the appropriate standard for determining causation under the ADA? |
| 22-713 |
Shannon Gladden v. The Procter & Gamble Distributing, LLC |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bostock bostock-interpretation but-for but-for-causation circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination evidence-evaluation motivating-factor pretext pretext-analysis |
Does the but-for reasoning referenced in Bostock apply to McDonnell Douglas pretext analysis? |
| 20-1781 |
Frederick B. Wright v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-action federal-water-pollution-control-act motivating-factor reasonable-belief safe-drinking-water-act whistleblower-protection |
Whether an employer's professing motivating factor should override a whistleblower employee's reasonable belief of retaliation |
| 20-8003 |
Cynthia Metivier v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-05-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
but-for-causation civil-rights discrimination federal-sector hostile-work-environment motivating-factor personnel-actions Question not identified. retaliation retaliation
20-8002" retaliation
20-8002" sex-discrimination title-vii |
Whether the federal-sector provision of Title VII requires a plaintiff to prove sex was a 'motivating factor' rather than a 'but for' cause of the cha… |
| 20-861 |
Arlene Fry v. Rand Construction Corporation |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bostock-v-clayton-county burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation causation-standard circuit-split employment-action fmla-claim fmla-retaliation legal-interpretation motivating-factor negative-factor |
Whether the lower court erred in adopting a 'sole cause' standard for FMLA retaliation claims, in direct conflict with this Court's holdings in Burrag… |
| 20-58 |
Anita Smith v. Vestavia Hills Board of Education |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-24 |
Denied |
|
but-for-causation causation causation-standard civil-rights discrimination-claim motivating-factor pleading summary-judgment title-vii |
Is a Title VII plaintiff required to meet the but-for causation standard to survive summary judgment? |
| 19-7936 |
James Zavaglia v. Boston University School of Medicine |
First Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law but-for-causation causation-standard chevron-deference civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination family-medical-leave-act fmla-interference jury-trial medical-leave motivating-factor reeves-v-sanderson retaliation standing summary-judgment |
Whether the lower courts are correct to apply Nassar to FMLA cases |
| 19-995 |
Michael J. Murray v. Mayo Clinic, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-10 |
Denied |
|
americans-with-disabilities-act causation causation-standard congressional-intent disability-discrimination discrimination motivating-factor statutory-interpretation |
Is the 'motivating factor' standard most consistent with the plain language and purposes of the ADA, and Congressional intent, and therefore the appro… |
| 18-1185 |
Charter Communications, Inc. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-13 |
GVR |
Relisted (5) |
1981 but-for but-for-causation causation civil-rights civil-rights-act editorial-decisions editorial-discretion first-amendment hurley hurley-v-irish-american motivating-factor section-1981 |
Whether the implied cause of action under section 1981 imposes a but-for standard of causation or a motivating factor standard |