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TREATISE INDEX "C"

Table of contents for this page
California
Cancer
Caring for oneself
Caring for others
Cat's Paw
Cause of action
Cerebral Palsy
Church
Circumstantial evidence
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Civil Service Reform Act
Claim preclusion
Class actions
Cleansing and eliminating waste from blood
Climbing
Collateral estoppel
Collective bargaining agreement
Color discrimination
Committee (decision of)
Comparative evidence
Compensatory damages
Complaint
Concentrating
Congress
Congressional Accountability Act
Connecticut
Constructive discharge
Continuing violation (with respect to an administrative charge)
Continuing violation (with respect to filing a lawsuit)
Corporation
Corrective measures
Covered entity

 

California

• Interaction between federal employment discrimination law and California state law - 23.006

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Cancer

• Lymphoma (cases addressing particular medical impairments) - 13.251.20

• Prostate cancer (cases addressing particular medical impairments) - 13.251.10.10

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Caring for oneself

• Caring for oneself as a major life activity - 13.223.03

• Caring for oneself (disabled with respect to) - 13.225.03

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Caring for others

• Caring for others as a major life activity - 13.223.04

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Cat's Paw

• "Cat's paw" jury instruction - 10.652

• "Cat's paw" or "rubber stamp" theory - 4.130

• Origin of the term "cat's paw" - 4.131

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Cause of action

• Whether plaintiff can pursue cause of action where employer remedies problem before suit is filed? - 3.240

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Cerebral Palsy

• Cerebral Palsy (cases addressing particular medical impairments) - 13.251.11

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Church

• Whether a religious institution can be sued - 2.904

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Circumstantial evidence

• Quantum of proof necessary to prove discrimination with circumstantial evidence under the "direct method" of proof - 4.340

• See, McDonnell Douglas (this index)

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Civil Rights Act of 1991

• Mixed-motive (or same decision cases) - 4.210

• Whether mixed-motive defense was waived - 4.211

• Which party controls whether the mixed-motive theory is raised - 4.212

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Civil Service Reform Act

• See, "Federal employee exhaustion requirements" (this index)

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Claim preclusion

• Control (as to issue of privity) - 9.522.20

• Denial of leave to add a claim can constitute the first suit - 9.521.10

• Privity, whether privity exists - 9.522

  • No privity between a private party and a governmental agency because agency's interests are broader - 9.522.30

• Right-to-sue letter, whether subsequent claim can be barred where right-to-sue letter had not been received during the pendency of the earlier claim - 9.523

• Rooker-Feldman doctrine - 9.545

• Same cause of action - 9.521

• Standard for applying res judicata or claim preclusion - 9.520

• Standard of review - 9.510

• State administrative findings - 9.542

• Virtual representation (as to issue of privity) - 9.522.10

• What if plaintiff could have pursued discrimination claim in state proceedings? - 9.544

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Class actions

• ADEA opt-in  requirement - 7.431.10

• ADEA, statutory authority for class actions - 24.521

  • Determining "similarly situated" under the ADEA in the class action context - 24.521.10

• Cases addressing Rule 23(b)(2) - 7.412

• Cases addressing Rule 23(b)(3) - 7.422

• Interlocutory appeals - 24.530

• Pattern or practice class actions - 5.331

• Standard of review of decision to certify or decertify - 24.510

• Tolling during application for class certification - 9.135.20

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Cleansing and eliminating waste from blood

• Cleansing and eliminating waste from blood as a major life activity - 13.223.05

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Climbing

• Climbing as a major life activity - 13.223.06

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Collateral estoppel

• See, "Issue preclusion" (this index)

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Collective bargaining agreement

• Collective bargaining agreement - 9.740

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Color discrimination

• Definition of "color" discrimination - 18.311

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Committee (decision of)

• Whether discriminatory animus of committee member is attributable to the committee as a whole - 4.151

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Comparative evidence

• Necessity of comparative evidence in proving that an impairment substantially limits a major life activity - 13.224.72

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Compensatory damages

• See, "Damages" (this index)

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Complaint

• ADA pleading requirements - 7.118.20

• Document attached to complaint, if document attached to complaint contradicts complaint, the document controls - 7.119.10

• Issues raised - 7.116

• No duty to specify "pretext" or "mixed motive" case - 7.116.10

• No heightened pleading requirements - 7.118.10

• Pro se complaint - 7.117

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Concentrating

• Concentrating and remembering as a major life activity - 13.223.07

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Congress

• Whether members of Congress can be sued - 2.901

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Congressional Accountability Act

• Cases addressing the Congressional Accountability Act - 24.620

• Speech or Debate Clause Immunity is immediately appealable - 24.630

• Statute - 24.610

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Connecticut

• Interaction between federal employment discrimination law and Connecticut state law - 23.008

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Constructive discharge

• Constructive discharge prima facie case - 4.534.10

• Definition of constructive discharge - 3.120

• Statute of limitations, when time begins to run on a constructive discharge claim - 6.424.10

• What if plaintiff elects to take early retirement? - 3.121

• When does the filing period begin to run on a constructive discharge claim - 9.135.10

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Continuing violation (with respect to an administrative charge)

• Continuing violation - 6.451

• No longer applies to discrete acts - 6.451.10

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Continuing violation (with respect to filing a lawsuit)

• Equal Pay Act - 9.141.10

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Corporation

• Corporation that is a minority-owned business can sue under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 - 1.909

• Unincorporated corporate division as defendant - 2.906

• Whether a non-profit corporation can be sued - 2.903

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Corrective measures

• Corrective measures, see, "Disability" (this index)

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Covered entity

• Covered entity under the ADA - 2.300

• Definition of covered entity - 2.310

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