Opinion ID: 2091909
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Summary Judgment in MHRA and WPA Claims

Text: [¶ 13] Our construction of the MHRA and WPA has been guided by federal law, Maine Human Rights Commission v. City of Auburn, 408 A.2d 1253, 1261 (Me.1979) (stating that, in enacting the MHRA, the Maine Legislature intended the courts to look to the federal case law to `provide significant guidance in [construing the] statute') (quoting Maine Human Rights Comm'n v. Local 1361, United Paperworkers Intern. Union AFL-CIO, Me., 383 A.2d 369, 375 (Me.1978)), and we have previously evaluate[d] WPA claims with the `shifting burdens' analysis articulated in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802, 93 S.Ct. 1817, 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973), Stanley, 2004 ME 157, ¶ 12, 864 A.2d at 174.