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Anthony Sterling, Complainant, v. Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service (Southwest Area), Agency.

0120112995 (E.E.O.C. Jul. 11, 2012)
Anthony Sterling, Complainant, v. Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service (Southwest Area), Agency.

8 Cited authorities

  1. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prods., Inc.

    530 U.S. 133 (2000)   Cited 21,722 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a "trier of fact can reasonably infer from the falsity of the explanation that the employer is dissembling to cover up a discriminatory purpose"

  2. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 53,702 times   100 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

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

    509 U.S. 502 (1993)   Cited 12,463 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination

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

    450 U.S. 248 (1981)   Cited 20,330 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"

  5. U.S. Postal Service Bd. of Govs. v. Aikens

    460 U.S. 711 (1983)   Cited 2,428 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because "[t]here will seldom be `eyewitness' testimony to the employer's mental process," evidence of the employer's discriminatory attitude in general is relevant and admissible to prove discrimination

  6. Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters

    438 U.S. 567 (1978)   Cited 2,190 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

  7. Prewitt v. United States Postal Service

    662 F.2d 292 (5th Cir. 1981)   Cited 294 times
    Concluding in a Rehabilitation Act case involving employment discrimination that the employer has the burden of persuasion on the issue of reasonable accommodation

  8. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. OMI Georgia, Inc.

    707 F.2d 453 (11th Cir. 1983)   Cited 1 times

    No. 81-7976. May 31, 1983. Elliott Moore, Jolane Findley, Deputy Associate Gen. Counsel, N.L.R.B., Washington, D.C., for petitioner. Page, Scrantom, Harris, McGlamry Chapman, Mark Youmans, Columbus, Ga., for respondent. Application for Enforcement of an Order of the National Labor Relations Board. Before RONEY and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge. PER CURIAM: The National Labor Relations Board comes before this court seeking enforcement of its order directing OMI, Georgia,