Legal Opinion
Kelsey Nobach v. Woodland Village Nursing Ctr, et
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2015No. 13-60378, 13-60397PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Kelsey Nobach was a nursing home activities aide who was discharged by Woodland Village Nursing Center (“Woodland”) because she refused to pray the Rosary with a patient. Nobach contends, and the jury found, that Woodland violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by unlawfully discharging her for exercising her religious beliefs. On appeal, the determinative question is whether Nobach failed to produce sufficient evidence from which a jury could infer that Woodland was motivated by Nobach’s religious beliefs before it discharged her. In an earlier…
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