Legal Opinion
Staub v. Proctor Hospital
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 1, 2011No. 09-400PublishedCited by 927 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
We consider the circumstances under which an employer may be held liable for employment discrimination based on the discriminatory animus of an employee who influenced, but did not make, the ultimate employment decision.
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Petitioner Vincent Staub worked as an angiography technician for respondent Proctor Hospital until 2004, when he was fired. Staub and Proctor hotly dispute the facts surrounding the firing, but because a jury found for Staub in his claim of employment discrimination against Proctor, we describe the facts viewed in the light most favorable to him.
While employed by Proctor,…
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