Legal Opinion
Ponce v. Billington
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 18, 2012No. 11-5117PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Following trial, a jury rejected appellant’s claim that the Library of Congress violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it selected someone else for an open position. Now seeking a new trial, appellant argues that the district court erred by instructing the jury that he had to prove that unlawful discrimination was the “sole reason” for his non selection. Although we agree that “sole reason” is not the correct standard, the jury instructions themselves corrected any error by defining “sole reason” as…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Price Waterhouse v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Brady v. Office of the Sergeant at ArmsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
- McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wiley v. GlassmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Patricia Brooks v. Susan GrundmannCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2014
- Howard R.L. Cook & Tommy Shaw Foundation v. BillingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
- Nurriddin v. O'KeefeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
- Rodriguez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017
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