Alvin W. Crenshaw, Appellant, v. Rodney E. Slater, Secretary, Department of Transportation, Agency.
6 Cited authorities
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
411 U.S. 792 (1973) Cited 53,125 times 96 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
Tex. Dept. of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine
450 U.S. 248 (1981) Cited 20,172 times 9 Legal AnalysesHolding 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"
Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
545 F.2d 222 (1st Cir. 1976) Cited 248 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that, in balancing the scope of reasonable opposition conduct, "[t]he requirements of the job and the tolerable limits of conduct in a particular setting must be explored"
Keyes v. Secretary of the Navy
853 F.2d 1016 (1st Cir. 1988) Cited 64 timesFinding evidence of apparent favoritism insufficient to establish race or sex discrimination under Title VII where plaintiff did not offer "a scintilla of evidence which tended to show that her color or her sex — as opposed, say, to some informal preferment of veterans or garden-variety cronyism" was basis for employment decision
Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation, Etc.
425 F. Supp. 318 (D. Mass. 1976) Cited 87 timesHolding that discharge six months after EEOC settlement and a month after an informal complaint satisfies causation requirement