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The record
- Level
- Legal authority
- Authority
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, 570 U.S. 338 (2013)
- Issued
- 2013-06-24 June 24, 2013
- In force
- June 24, 2013 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Character
- case
Operative words
Held: Title VII retaliation claims must be proved according to traditional principles of but-for causation, not the lessened causation test stated in sec. 2000e-2(m). (syllabus at 339)... Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation, 503 U. S. 258, 265-266 (1992) (equating "by reason of" with "'but for' cause"). (at 350)