but-for-test

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-136 Melanie Pelcha v. Watch Hill Bank Sixth Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied adea age-discrimination but-for-causation but-for-test causal-standard causation employment employment-law summary-judgment workplace-termination 1. Does the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) require the plaintiff to prove that age was the sole reason for her termination? 2. Is the em…
19-6865 Delante L. Lunn v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP but-for-causation but-for-test causation criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-offenses drug-overdose mandatory-minimum overdose-causation sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether this Honorable Court should re-evaluate the but-for test established by Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014) for mixed drug overdoses…
19-500 Ameer Siddiqui v. NetJets Aviation, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) but-for but-for-test causation-standard civil-rights comparator-analysis comparators employment-discrimination pretext pretext-evaluation reasonable-inference retaliation retaliation-claims section-1981 summary-judgment title-vii 1. Are plaintiffs who bring retaliation claims under either Title VII or Section 1981 subjected to the strenuous "but for" test, or is a reasonable in…