Wheat v. Florida Parish Juvenile Justice Commission

I agree that Lillie Wheat’s retaliatory termination claim should proceed to trial, *712while her sexual harassment claim cannot survive summary judgment. Despite my agreement with much of the opinion, the majority errs when it finds no prima facie case of pre-termination retaliation. To reach that conclusion, the majority has to: (1) disregard record evidence, and (2) ignore the defendant’s concession in the district court that Wheat had made out such a prima facie case. I therefore must respectfully dissent.

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