Legal Opinion

Pearson v. Augusta ex rel. Davis

District Court, S.D. Georgia

Decided March 9, 2017No. CV 114-110Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

HONORABLE J. RANDAL HALL, ■ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

This case arises out of Plaintiffs employment with Defendant Augusta, Georgia. After over thirty years of service, Augusta demoted Plaintiff for violating workplace policies. It then, according to Plaintiff, forced her into retirement. In response,-Plaintiff sued Augusta and three Augusta employees under a number of federal employment statutes and the Fourteenth Amendment. But because the Court does not sit as a “super-personnel department assessing the prudence of routine employment decisions,” Flowers v. Troup Cty., Ga, Sch.…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 2006

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