47 Cited authorities

  1. St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks

    509 U.S. 502 (1993)   Cited 12,371 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination
  2. Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

    25 Cal.4th 826 (Cal. 2001)   Cited 4,948 times   2 Legal Analyses
    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”
  3. Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc.

    24 Cal.4th 317 (Cal. 2000)   Cited 3,301 times   4 Legal Analyses
    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."
  4. Yanowitz v. L'Oreal USA Inc.

    36 Cal.4th 1028 (Cal. 2005)   Cited 1,569 times   11 Legal Analyses
    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."
  5. Reid v. Google, Inc.

    50 Cal.4th 512 (Cal. 2010)   Cited 1,116 times   16 Legal Analyses
    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”
  6. Argo v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas

    452 F.3d 1193 (10th Cir. 2006)   Cited 1,187 times   1 Legal Analyses
    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."
  7. Hughes v. Pair

    46 Cal.4th 1035 (Cal. 2009)   Cited 995 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that discomfort, worry, anxiety, upset stomach, concern, and agitation did not establish severe emotional distress
  8. Board of Trustees v. Sweeney

    439 U.S. 24 (1978)   Cited 561 times
    Noting that "the employer's burden is satisfied if he simply `explains what he has done' or `produces evidence of legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons'"
  9. Morgan v. Regents of University of California

    88 Cal.App.4th 52 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000)   Cited 652 times   4 Legal Analyses
    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"
  10. Stegall v. Citadel Broadcasting Co.

    350 F.3d 1061 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 563 times
    Holding hostility and temporal proximity are highly probative of pretext
  11. Section 52.1 - Interference by threat, intimidation or coercion with exercise or enjoyment of individual rights

    Cal. Civ. Code § 52.1   Cited 2,771 times   6 Legal Analyses
    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
  12. Section 52 - Liability for discrimination or denial of right

    Cal. Civ. Code § 52   Cited 1,420 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that violators of the Act are liable to "any person denied the rights" guaranteed by the Act
  13. Section 51.7 - Right to be free from violence; Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976

    Cal. Civ. Code § 51.7   Cited 533 times

    (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976. (b) (1) All persons within the jurisdiction of this state have the right to be free from any violence, or intimidation by threat of violence, committed against their persons or property because of political affiliation, or on account of any characteristic listed or defined in subdivision (b) or (e) of Section 51, or position in a labor dispute, or because another person perceives them to have one or more of

  14. Section 6310 - Discharge or discrimination against employee

    Cal. Lab. Code § 6310   Cited 281 times   5 Legal Analyses
    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"
  15. Section 43 - Protection from bodily restraint or harm, personal insult, defamation, injury to personal relations

    Cal. Civ. Code § 43   Cited 186 times
    Providing persons "the right of protection . . . from defamation"
  16. Section 6312 - Complaint filed by employee discharged or discriminated against

    Cal. Lab. Code § 6312   Cited 40 times

    Any employee who believes that he or she has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against by any person in violation of Section 6310 or 6311 may file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner pursuant to Section 98.7. Ca. Lab. Code § 6312 Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1479, Sec. 7.