Legal Opinion
Richards v. Farner-Bocken Co.
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided May 30, 2001No. C 00-3014-MWBPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
BENNETT, Chief Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION. 982
A. Factual Background. 982
B. Procedural Background. 984
II. LEGAL ANALYSIS. 984
A. Standards For Summary Judgment. 986
1. Requirements of Rule 56. 9 86
2. The parties’burdens.987
3. Summary judgment in employment cases.987
B. Claims Not At Issue.989
1. Gender discrimination.989
2. Retaliation claims.989
3. Untimely claims.991
C. Age Discrimination.992
1. Reeves.992
2. Richards’s evidence.994
D. Disability Discrimination.997
1. The pertinent position.998
2. Essential…
2Cases cited88 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Schreiber v. WORLDCO, LLCDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004
- Kesler v. Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, PLLCDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2007
- Brown v. Farmland Foods, Inc.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 2001
- McMannes v. United Rentals, Inc.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 2005
- Truckenmiller v. Burgess Health CenterDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2011
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