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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:legal_case
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gptkbp:area
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employment law
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gptkbp:case_number
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No. 05-259
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gptkbp:case_outcome
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5-4 ruling
Unanimous decision
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gptkbp:date
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April 26, 2006
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gptkbp:decided_by
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
June 22, 2006
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gptkbp:dissenting_opinion
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gptkb:Justice_Roberts
gptkb:Justice_Alito
gptkb:Justice_Thomas
gptkb:Justice_Scalia
gptkb:Justice_Clarence_Thomas
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Burlington Northern Railroad Co. v. White
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gptkbp:impact
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whistleblower protections
Influenced workplace discrimination law
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gptkbp:involved_parties
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gptkb:Rebecca_White
gptkb:Burlington_Northern_Railroad_Company
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gptkbp:is_cited_in
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126 S. Ct. 2405
517 U. S. 620 (1996)
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gptkbp:key_issues
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retaliation under the Federal Railroad Safety Act
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gptkbp:legal_context
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gptkb:Federal_Railroad_Safety_Act
gptkb:Title_VII_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act
whistleblower statutes
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gptkbp:legal_framework
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gptkb:Justices_Roberts
gptkb:Justices_Scalia
gptkb:Justices_Ginsburg
gptkb:Justices_O'_Connor
gptkb:Justices_Souter
gptkb:Justices_Stevens
gptkb:Justices_Kennedy
gptkb:Justices_Thomas
gptkb:Justices_Alito
gptkb:Justices_Breyer
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gptkbp:legal_issue
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gptkb:Title_VII_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
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gptkbp:legal_representation
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gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkb:National_Employment_Lawyers_Association
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gptkbp:outcome
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Reversed and remanded
ruled in favor of White
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gptkbp:precedent
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Standard for retaliation claims
future employment retaliation cases
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gptkbp:public_perception
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gptkb:Justice_Souter
gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
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gptkbp:related_cases
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gptkb:Meritor_Savings_Bank_v._Vinson
gptkb:Faragher_v._City_of_Boca_Raton
gptkb:Cleveland_v._Policy_Management_Systems_Corp.
gptkb:Burlington_Industries,_Inc._v._Ellerth
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gptkbp:significance
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Clarified the scope of retaliation protections
expanded the definition of retaliation
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:517_U._S._620
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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