St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks

Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination

Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

Concluding that the gathering and dissemination of pricing information by the petroleum companies through an independent industry service did not imply collusive action where there was no evidence the information was misused as a basis for an unlawful conspiracy; rather, evidence suggested that individual companies used all available resources “to determine capacity, supply, and pricing decisions which would maximize their own individual profits”

Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc.

Holding that an implied covenant "cannot be endowed with an existence independent of its contractual underpinnings. It cannot impose substantive duties or limits on the contracting parties beyond those incorporated in the specific terms of their agreement."

Yanowitz v. L'Oreal USA Inc.

Holding that to establish a "protected activity," an "employee's communications to the employer [must] sufficiently convey the employee's reasonable concerns that the employer has acted or is acting in an unlawful discriminatory manner."

Reid v. Google, Inc.

Holding that a high degree of foreseeability is required to impose a duty to hire security guards and that “the requisite degree of foreseeability rarely, if ever, can be proven in the absence of prior similar incidents of violent crime on the landowner's premises”

Argo v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas

Holding a plaintiff alleging reverse discrimination must present evidence that supports an inference the defendant "is one of those unusual employers who discriminates against the majority."

Hughes v. Pair

Holding that discomfort, worry, anxiety, upset stomach, concern, and agitation did not establish severe emotional distress

Board of Trustees v. Sweeney

Noting that "the employer's burden is satisfied if he simply `explains what he has done' or `produces evidence of legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons'"

Morgan v. Regents of University of California

Holding plaintiff "must obtain from the [DFEH] a notice of right to sue in order to be entitled to file a civil action in court based on violations of FEHA"

Stegall v. Citadel Broadcasting Co.

Holding hostility and temporal proximity are highly probative of pretext

Section 52.1 - Interference by threat, intimidation or coercion with exercise or enjoyment of individual rights

Stating a person whose state or constitutional rights "ha[ve] been interfered with, or attempted to be interfered with," can bring an action against the alleged perpetrator

Section 52 - Liability for discrimination or denial of right

Holding that violators of the Act are liable to "any person denied the rights" guaranteed by the Act

Section 51.7 - Right to be free from violence; Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976

Section 6310 - Discharge or discrimination against employee

Granting right of reinstatement and reimbursement to "[a]ny employee who is discharged, threatened with discharge, demoted, suspended, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment by his or her employer because the employee has made a bona fide oral or written complaint to . . . his or her employer, or his or her representative, of unsafe working conditions, or work practices"

Section 43 - Protection from bodily restraint or harm, personal insult, defamation, injury to personal relations

Providing persons "the right of protection . . . from defamation"

Section 6312 - Complaint filed by employee discharged or discriminated against