Azbell v. Wilkie

1 Citing case

  1. Jara v. Tenn. State Univ.

    3:20-cv-00131 (M.D. Tenn. Feb. 3, 2022)   Cited 1 times
    Noting to defeat summary judgment at the pretext stage, the "plaintiff must produce sufficient evidence from which the jury could reasonably reject the defendant's explanation and infer that the defendant intentionally discriminated against him."

    These two provisions are referred to as the “opposition” clause and the “participation” clause, respectively. Azbell v. Wilkie, No. 3:15-CV-00983, 2019 WL 4887199, at *2 (M.D. Tenn. Oct. 3, 2019). An employee is said to have engaged in “protected conduct” (or “protected activity”) if he or she engaged in the conduct (the “oppos[ition]”) reflected in the opposition clause or engaged in the conduct (the “participat[ion]”) reflected in the participation clause.