Elgin W. Hunt, Petitioner, v. Lawrence J. Delaney, Acting Secretary, Department of the Air Force, Agency.

7 Cited authorities

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

    509 U.S. 502 (1993)   Cited 12,342 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination
  2. U.S. Postal Service Bd. of Govs. v. Aikens

    460 U.S. 711 (1983)   Cited 2,414 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. Spear, Leeds Kellogg v. Central Life Assurance

    519 U.S. 1040 (1996)   Cited 101 times
    Applying the Lemon test in a school-related Establishment Clause case, but "not[ing] that the critical factor" was the endorsement test
  4. Burrus v. United Telephone Co. of Kan., Inc.

    683 F.2d 339 (10th Cir. 1982)   Cited 402 times
    Holding that three years between the protected activity and the adverse employment action was too long to establish the third element
  5. Mitchell v. Baldrige

    759 F.2d 80 (D.C. Cir. 1985)   Cited 357 times
    Holding that it is defendant's burden to produce "evidence of selectees' superior qualifications," which plaintiff need not anticipate and rebut in establishing his prima facie case
  6. 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"
  7. 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