7 Cited authorities

  1. Clark Cty. Sch. Dist. v. Breeden

    532 U.S. 268 (2001)   Cited 5,351 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the temporal proximity requirement to establish a prima facie case "between an employer's knowledge of protected activity and an adverse employment action as sufficient evidence" must be "very close"
  2. Washburn v. Harvey

    504 F.3d 505 (5th Cir. 2007)   Cited 607 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a plaintiff's "ADA claim fails because USACE is a federal government employer, which the ADA specifically excepts from its purview"
  3. Hale v. Touro Infirmary

    886 So. 2d 1210 (La. Ct. App. 2004)   Cited 95 times
    Holding that § 23:967 only protects employees who, after notifying their employers of a workplace practice or act which violates state law, either refuse to participate in the practice or threaten to publicize the practice
  4. Williams v. Hosp. Serv. Dist. of W. Feliciana Parish

    250 F. Supp. 3d 90 (M.D. La. 2017)   Cited 7 times
    Granting summary judgment to employer where plaintiff did not present proof of employer's actual violation of state law
  5. Delouise v. Iberville Parish Sch. Bd.

    8 F. Supp. 3d 789 (M.D. La. 2014)   Cited 6 times
    Applying the same criteria to Section 1981 claims
  6. Brown v. Catalyst Recovery

    813 So. 2d 1156 (La. Ct. App. 2002)   Cited 12 times

    No. 01-1370. April 3, 2002 APPEAL FROM THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, NO. 983494 HONORABLE EDWARD D. RUBIN, DISTRICT JUDGE. Michael T. Tusa, Jr., Kelly M. Rabalais, LeBlanc, Tusa Butler, LLC, Metairie, LA, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: Catalyst Recovery of Louisiana, Inc. William W. Goodell, Jr., Lafayette, LA, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES: John Kevin Aubrey, Troy Sampey Aubrey, Joseph P. Brown, McKinley LeBlanc Mitchell David Richard. Stephen B. Murray, Stephen

  7. Powers v. Vista Chemical Co.

    109 F.3d 1089 (5th Cir. 1997)   Cited 13 times

    No. 96-30138. April 11, 1997. Leonard K. Knapp, Jr., Lake Charles, LA, for Norman M. Powers. Scott James Scofield, Robert E. Landry, Scofield, Gerard, Vernon, Singletary Pohorelsky, Lake Charles, LA, for Vista Chemical Co. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges. STEWART, Circuit Judge: This case presents the question of whether Vista Chemical Company violated Louisiana's environmental whistleblower