Carlos A. Fernandez, Complainant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

7 Cited authorities

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
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"
Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
545 F.2d 222 (1st Cir. 1976) Cited 248 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding 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"
Byrd v. Roadway Exp., Inc.
687 F.2d 85 (5th Cir. 1982) Cited 87 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiffs replacement by another black did not necessarily negate the possibility that his discharge was motivated by racial discrimination
Jatoi v. Hurst-Euless-Bedford Hosp. Authority
807 F.2d 1214 (5th Cir. 1987) Cited 66 times
Holding that statements from other physicians that guessed that the plaintiff had been discharged because of his East Indian heritage were not sufficient to establish discrimination
Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation, Etc.
425 F. Supp. 318 (D. Mass. 1976) Cited 87 times
Holding that discharge six months after EEOC settlement and a month after an informal complaint satisfies causation requirement
Potter v. Goodwill Industries of Cleveland
518 F.2d 864 (6th Cir. 1975) Cited 46 times
In Potter v. Goodwill Industries of Cleveland, 518 F.2d 864 (6th Cir. 1975), a case involving a claim of racially discriminatory dismissal and conditions of employment, this Court reiterated the McDonnell Douglas prima facie standard.

Carlos A. Fernandez, Complainant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

7 Cited authorities

St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks

Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination

Tex. Dept. of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine

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"

Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology

Holding 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"

Byrd v. Roadway Exp., Inc.

Holding that plaintiffs replacement by another black did not necessarily negate the possibility that his discharge was motivated by racial discrimination

Jatoi v. Hurst-Euless-Bedford Hosp. Authority

Holding that statements from other physicians that guessed that the plaintiff had been discharged because of his East Indian heritage were not sufficient to establish discrimination

Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation, Etc.

Holding that discharge six months after EEOC settlement and a month after an informal complaint satisfies causation requirement

Potter v. Goodwill Industries of Cleveland

In Potter v. Goodwill Industries of Cleveland, 518 F.2d 864 (6th Cir. 1975), a case involving a claim of racially discriminatory dismissal and conditions of employment, this Court reiterated the McDonnell Douglas prima facie standard.