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Complainant, v. Robert McDonald, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

0120112014 (E.E.O.C. May. 7, 2015)
Complainant, v. Robert McDonald, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

15 Cited authorities

  1. Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. White

    548 U.S. 53 (2006)   Cited 11,757 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a jury could find a reassignment from a position with "an indication of prestige" to one involving less desirable responsibilities "would have been materially adverse to a reasonable employee"

  2. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 53,572 times   98 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. Harris v. Forklift Sys., Inc.

    510 U.S. 17 (1993)   Cited 12,759 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "no single factor is required" to show a hostile work environment, including "whether [the acts are] physically threatening"

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

    509 U.S. 502 (1993)   Cited 12,445 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination

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

    450 U.S. 248 (1981)   Cited 20,301 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"

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

    460 U.S. 711 (1983)   Cited 2,426 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

  7. Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters

    438 U.S. 567 (1978)   Cited 2,188 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

  8. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison

    432 U.S. 63 (1977)   Cited 817 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Holding that to leave the employershort-handed would involve costs to the employer “in the form of lost efficiency”

  9. Ansonia Bd. of Educ. v. Philbrook

    479 U.S. 60 (1986)   Cited 476 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding an accommodation is reasonable where it "allow the individual to observe fully religious holy days and requires him only to give up compensation for a day that he did not in fact work"

  10. Heller v. EBB Auto Co.

    8 F.3d 1433 (9th Cir. 1993)   Cited 171 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the plaintiff established the second element of his prima facie case for failure to accommodate his “religious practice of attending the ceremony in which his wife and children were converted to Judaism,” where the plaintiff's supervisor “knew” that he was Jewish, “knew” that his “wife was studying for conversion,” and “when [the plaintiff] requested the time off, he informed the [supervisor] why he needed to miss work”