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Abdalla A. Ghazzawi, Appellant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

01973972 (E.E.O.C. Sep. 15, 1999)
Abdalla A. Ghazzawi, Appellant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

11 Cited authorities

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 52,401 times   95 Legal Analyses
    Holding in employment discrimination case that statistical evidence of employer's general policy and practice may be relevant circumstantial evidence of discriminatory intent behind individual employment decision

  2. St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks

    509 U.S. 502 (1993)   Cited 12,282 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination

  3. Tex. Dept. of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine

    450 U.S. 248 (1981)   Cited 19,994 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding in the Title VII context that the plaintiff's prima facie case creates "a legally mandatory, rebuttable presumption" that shifts the burden of proof to the employer, and "if the employer is silent in the face of the presumption, the court must enter judgment for the plaintiff"

  4. Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters

    438 U.S. 567 (1978)   Cited 2,164 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a district court was "entitled to consider the racial mix of the work force when trying to make the determination as to motivation" in the employment discrimination context

  5. Manoharan v. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

    842 F.2d 590 (2d Cir. 1988)   Cited 548 times
    Holding that plaintiff could not have held a reasonable belief where he "neither pointed out discrimination against particular individuals nor discriminatory practices by [the employer]"

  6. Loeb v. Textron, Inc.

    600 F.2d 1003 (1st Cir. 1979)   Cited 721 times
    Denying any such requirement

  7. Wrenn v. Gould

    808 F.2d 493 (6th Cir. 1987)   Cited 443 times
    Holding that an employer can consider factors external to a job description when selecting among qualified candidates

  8. La Montagne v. American Convenience Products, Inc.

    750 F.2d 1405 (7th Cir. 1984)   Cited 294 times
    Holding that reasonable jury could not have found that employer's proffered justification regarding interpersonal skills was pretextual when president testified without rebuttal that he was annoyed with plaintiff

  9. McKenna v. Weinberger

    729 F.2d 783 (D.C. Cir. 1984)   Cited 204 times
    Holding that probationary employee was not similarly situated to "permanent employees of the agency"

  10. Goostree v. Tennessee

    796 F.2d 854 (6th Cir. 1986)   Cited 123 times
    Holding that patronage system based on family, friends, and politics is not the same as sex discrimination