Legal Opinion
Smith v. Xerox Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 24, 2010No. 08-11115PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Xerox Corporation appeals following a jury verdict in favor of its former employee, Kim Smith, finding that Xerox terminated Smith in retaliation for her filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in violation *323of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a). Xerox challenges the jury instructions on a mixed-motive theory of causation, as well as the sufficiency of the evidence. We conclude that the district court instructed the jury on the proper causation standard and that the evidence was sufficient for…
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