Legal Opinion
Theriault v. Genesis Healthcare LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 16, 2018No. 17-1717PPublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Patricia Theriault bills this case as one in which the district court ignored the teachings of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (known in its appellate capacity as the Law Court) and improperly relied on the McDonnell Douglas framework, see *346 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green , 411 U.S. 792 , 93 S.Ct. 1817 , 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973), when granting her employer's motion for summary judgment. At first blush, this billing seems to suggest a nuanced question as to whether the McDonnell Douglas framework is procedural (and, thus, should be applied by a federal…
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