| 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 |
1. Whether this Court should overrule McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973).
2. Whether step three of the McDonnell Douglas burden-sh… |
| 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 |
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) forbids discrimination "on the basis of" disability, but does not specifically set forth the standard to be … |
| 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 |
1) Does the but-for reasoning referenced in Bostock apply to McDonnell Douglas pretext analysis?: In the decision below, the Eleventh Circuit appears … |
| 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 professed motivating factor in taking adverse action
against a whistleblower employee under the Safe Drinking Water Act and the … |
| 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 |
I. Whether the federal-sector provision of Title VII (42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16(a)), which
provides in pertinent part that "All personnel actions affecting… |
| 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 |
I.
In Burrage U. United States, 571 U.S. 204
(2014), this Court explained that a "but-for"
cause is merely one cause, perhaps among
several, which is … |
| 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 |
Nearly thirty years ago, Congress replaced Title VII's but-for causation standard with the "more forgiving" motivating factor standard. Bostock v. Cla… |
| 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 this Court's decision in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, 133 S. Ct. 2517 (201… |
| 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 |
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) forbids discrimination "on the basis of" disability, but does not specifically set forth the standard to be … |
| 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 |
Twice now in the context of federal anti discrimination laws, this Court has instructed that the rule of but -for causation is the "default rule[]" ag… |