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Cecil M. Shofner, Complainant, William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

01994100 (E.E.O.C. Feb. 22, 2000)
Cecil M. Shofner, Complainant, William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

6 Cited authorities

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 52,385 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. 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

  3. Grant v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.

    622 F.2d 43 (2d Cir. 1980)   Cited 338 times
    Holding that plaintiff established causal connection despite an eight-month lapse in time when the defendant was unable to retaliate any sooner under the circumstances

  4. 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"

  5. 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"

  6. 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