411 U.S. 792 (1973) Cited 52,419 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
460 U.S. 711 (1983) Cited 2,406 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
Holding that one conspirator's statement to a person, made in a bedroom with the defendant present, about the need to finish paying for the cocaine received in Miami was an adoptive admission by the defendant, who remained silent