GROVE v. LOOMIS SAYLES & CO., L.P.

No. 12-CV-1902.

85 A.3d 832 (2014)

Consiglia Stacey GROVE, Appellant, v. LOOMIS SAYLES & COMPANY, L.P., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 27, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barton D. Moorstein , Rockville, MD, for appellant.

Douglas E. Brayley , of the bar of the State of Massachusetts, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Lucy C. Hynes , Washington, DC, of the District of Columbia bar, and Peter L. Ebb of the bar of the State of Massachusetts, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, were on the brief for appellee Loomis Sayles & Company, L.P.

Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, Donna M. Murasky , Deputy Solicitor General, and Richard S. Love , Senior Assistant Attorney General, filed a Statement in Lieu of Brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, FISHER, Associate Judge, and REID, Senior Judge.


REID, Senior Judge:

Appellant, Consiglia Stacey Grove, challenges the "no probable cause" finding of the Office of Human Rights ("OHR") with respect to her age discrimination complaint against Loomis Sayles & Company, L.P. ("Loomis"). We hold that (1) OHR imposed an improper and higher burden of proof on Ms. Grove at the probable cause stage of her claim; and (2) at the probable cause stage, OHR was required to determine only whether Ms. Grove's claims were reasonable...

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