Similarly situated definition

Similarly situated. “Similarly Situated” means having general characteristics in common such as belonging to the same rate class or operating in the same or similar industries. A utility affiliated gas or power marketer would, for example, be considered similarly situated to other non-affiliated gas or power marketers.
Similarly situated means the “geographic service area” in which a service provider is seeking to serve customers with any of its E-Rate services.)
Similarly situated means alike in all relevant ways.

Examples of Similarly situated in a sentence

  • Similarly situated employees will be treated similarly regarding the application of disciplinary actions, but mitigating circumstances will be considered.

  • Similarly situated applications may be scheduled for arbitration collectively.

  • Similarly situated states shall include California, Texas and New York.

  • Similarly, situated teachers of other school districts shall apply through the normal application process.

  • Similarly situated employees will be treated similarly regarding the application of disciplinary action, but mitigating and aggravating circumstances may be considered.


More Definitions of Similarly situated

Similarly situated means that in all relevant respects, the comparators are “alike,” Nordlinger v.
Similarly situated means the “geographic service area” in which a service provider is seeking to serve
Similarly situated means ISSC customers with substantially the Customers same mix and type of processing applications and systems resources utilization at similar or lesser volumes.
Similarly situated generally means activity at the same plant of office, by the same supervisory personnel and by the same pattern of conduct.
Similarly situated means the same education lane and the same or more years of experience.
Similarly situated means music users or licensees in the same industry that perform ASCAP music and that operate similar businesses and use music in similar ways and with similar frequency; factors relevant to determining whether music users or licensees are similarly situated include, but are not limited to, the nature and frequency of musical
Similarly situated means “in all relevant respects alike.” Tex. Entm’t Ass’n, Inc. v. Hegar, 10 F.4th 495, 513 (5th Cir. 2021) (emphasis added); see also City of Port Arthur v. Thomas, 659 S.W.3d 96, 115 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2022, no pet.) (an equal protection claim plaintiff “must allege that he is being treated differently from those whose situation is directly comparable in all material respects”); Cordi-Allen v. Conlon, 494 F.3d 245, 250-51 (1st Cir. 2007) (“[p]laintiffs claiming an equal protection violation must first identify and relate specific instances where persons situated similarly in all relevant aspects were treated differently” (emphasis in original)). To be considered “similarly situated,” it is not enough for a plaintiff to show the challenged law has been enforced against some and not others. State v. Malone Serv. Co., 829 S.W.2d 763, 766 (Tex. 1992). Rather, a plaintiff must show that “the government has purposefully discriminated on the basis of such impermissible considerations as race, religion, or the desire to prevent the exercise of constitutional rights.” Id. (citations omitted). This is a “very significant burden” that “demands more than lip service. Cordi-Allen, 494 F.3d at 251. In the land-use context, the “‘similarly situated’ requirement must be enforced with particular rigor … because zoning decisions will often, perhaps almost always, treat one landowner differently from another.” Lindquist v. City of Pasadena, Tex., 656 F. Supp. 2d 662, 688 (S.D. Tex. 2009).