Hilario Nagales, Complainant, v. Daniel R. Glickman, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Agency.

7 Cited authorities

McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
411 U.S. 792 (1973) Cited 53,501 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
St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks
509 U.S. 502 (1993) Cited 12,430 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination
Tex. Dept. of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine
450 U.S. 248 (1981) Cited 20,281 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"
Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters
438 U.S. 567 (1978) Cited 2,187 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
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
Norcross v. Sneed
755 F.2d 113 (8th Cir. 1985) Cited 40 times
Accepting Doe's description of handicap discrimination claims
Sisson v. Helms
751 F.2d 991 (9th Cir. 1985) Cited 25 times
Affirming dismissal of a handicap discrimination claim because "[t]he district court's finding that [the plaintiff] failed to prove that there were jobs available at the Airways Facilities Division is supported by the evidence and was not clearly erroneous"

Hilario Nagales, Complainant, v. Daniel R. Glickman, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Agency.

7 Cited authorities

McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

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

St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks

Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination

Tex. Dept. of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine

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"

Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters

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

Prewitt v. United States Postal Service

Concluding in a Rehabilitation Act case involving employment discrimination that the employer has the burden of persuasion on the issue of reasonable accommodation

Norcross v. Sneed

Accepting Doe's description of handicap discrimination claims

Sisson v. Helms

Affirming dismissal of a handicap discrimination claim because "[t]he district court's finding that [the plaintiff] failed to prove that there were jobs available at the Airways Facilities Division is supported by the evidence and was not clearly erroneous"