411 U.S. 792 (1973) Cited 53,715 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
Holding that a plaintiff would have to show that "[he] was not promoted because of his race, not that [he] was a member of [a protected group] and was not promoted"
Holding employer's subjective hiring criteria to be nonpretextual where the subjective factors considered were articulated and generally relevant to the job