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similarly situated requirement in Missouri

6 Missouri opinions name it 2 courts 2013–2024 2 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Missouri courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Murray v. Southwest Missouri Drug Task Forcegreen
moctapp · 2011 · cited in 2 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2013–2021
2 sentences

2021Mo. Drug Task Force, 335 S.W.3d 566, 569 (Mo. App. 2011)).

2013Missouri Drug Task Force, 335 S.W.3d 566, 569 (Mo.App.2011).

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Denise Coleman v. Patrick R. Donahogreen
ca7 · 2012 · cited in 2 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
2 sentences

2015So long as the distinctions between the plaintiff and the proposed comparators are not ‘so significant that they render the comparison effectively useless,’ the similarly-situated requirement is satisfied.” Coleman, 667 F.3d at 846 (internal citations omitted); see also Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Ctr., 612 F.3d 908, 916 (7th Cir. 2010) ("[T]he similarly situated co-worker inquiry [in a disparate treatment case] is a search for a substantially similar employee, not for a clone”). .

2015Williams does not impose a test involving specific factors of similarity in order for “me too” evidence to be admissible 14 Even in the disparate treatment context, similarly situated employees “need not be identical in every conceivable way. … .So long as the distinctions between the plaintiff and the proposed comparators are not ‘so significant that they render the comparison effectively useless,’ the similarly-situated requirement is satisfied.” Coleman, 667 F.3d at 846 (internal citations omitted); see also Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Ctr., 612 F.3d 908, 916 (7th Cir. 2010) (“[T]he sim

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Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Centergreen
ca7 · 2010 · cited in 2 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
2 sentences

2015So long as the distinctions between the plaintiff and the proposed comparators are not ‘so significant that they render the comparison effectively useless,’ the similarly-situated requirement is satisfied.” Coleman, 667 F.3d at 846 (internal citations omitted); see also Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Ctr., 612 F.3d 908, 916 (7th Cir. 2010) ("[T]he similarly situated co-worker inquiry [in a disparate treatment case] is a search for a substantially similar employee, not for a clone”). .

2015Williams does not impose a test involving specific factors of similarity in order for “me too” evidence to be admissible 14 Even in the disparate treatment context, similarly situated employees “need not be identical in every conceivable way. … .So long as the distinctions between the plaintiff and the proposed comparators are not ‘so significant that they render the comparison effectively useless,’ the similarly-situated requirement is satisfied.” Coleman, 667 F.3d at 846 (internal citations omitted); see also Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Ctr., 612 F.3d 908, 916 (7th Cir. 2010) (“[T]he sim

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Missouri. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Coyne v. Edwards green
mo · 2013
2 sentences

2024“The similarly situated standard is a rigorous one requiring proof that the two classes were similarly situated in all relevant aspects.” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted) Law enforcement officers and other city employees, including correctional officers, are not similarly situated. 16 Section 556.061(32) defines “law enforcement officer” as “any public servant having both the power and duty to make arrests for violations of the laws of this state[.]” Section 590.502.1(5) additionally defines “law enforcement officer” as “any commissioned peace officer with the power to arrest for a viola

2021“The similarly situated standard is a ‘rigorous one’ requiring proof that the two classes ‘were similarly situated in all relevant aspects.’” Id. (emphasis added) (quoting Murray v. Sw.

22021–2024
G. Steven Cox v. Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc. green
mo · 2015
1 sentence

2016So long as the distinctions between the plaintiff and the proposed comparators are not so significant that they render the comparison effectively useless, the similarly-situated requirement is satisfied.” Id. at 123 n. 14 (internal quotations omitted).

12016–2016

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MO § Mo. Rev. Stat. § 213.010 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

CA 21 (1996–2026) CT 7 (2003–2025) MO 6 (2013–2024) MN 5 (1991–2019) IA 5 (2009–2024) IL 4 (2019–2025) NE 4 (1996–2020) KS 3 (2013–2024) OH 2 (2014–2024) PA 2 (2016–2016) MI 2 (2015–2015)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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