California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from King v. Cnty. of Ventura, 2d Civil No. B242411 (Cal. App. 2013):
dismissal. (Id. at pp. 200-201.) The employer's explanation need not be "sound, fair, or correct, but only colorable enough that a rational jury could believe it to have been the employer's true motivation. [Citation.]" (Reeves v. Safeway Stores, Inc. (2004) 121 Cal.App.4th 95, 112, fn. 12.)
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