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Dorothy Pleasant, Appellant, v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Agency.

01973904 (E.E.O.C. Jun. 21, 1999)
Dorothy Pleasant, Appellant, v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Agency.

4 Cited authorities

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 53,600 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

  2. 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

  3. Loeb v. Textron, Inc.

    600 F.2d 1003 (1st Cir. 1979)   Cited 721 times
    Denying any such requirement

  4. Prewitt v. United States Postal Service

    662 F.2d 292 (5th Cir. 1981)   Cited 294 times
    Concluding in a Rehabilitation Act case involving employment discrimination that the employer has the burden of persuasion on the issue of reasonable accommodation