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James Thomas, Jr., Appellant, v. Louis Caldera, Secretary, Department of the Army, Agency,

01976625 (E.E.O.C. Sep. 7, 1999)
James Thomas, Jr., Appellant, v. Louis Caldera, Secretary, Department of the Army, Agency,

7 Cited authorities

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 52,385 times   95 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. St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks

    509 U.S. 502 (1993)   Cited 12,282 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination

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

    450 U.S. 248 (1981)   Cited 19,991 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"

  4. Wrenn v. Gould

    808 F.2d 493 (6th Cir. 1987)   Cited 443 times
    Holding that an employer can consider factors external to a job description when selecting among qualified candidates

  5. Bundy v. Jackson

    641 F.2d 934 (D.C. Cir. 1981)   Cited 400 times
    Holding that where a plaintiff alleges that she was denied an increase in pay and grade, the relevant inquiry is whether a similarly-situated person outside the plaintiff's protected class requested and received the same kind of promotion or increase under similar circumstances

  6. Bauer v. Bailar

    647 F.2d 1037 (10th Cir. 1981)   Cited 79 times
    Holding employer's subjective hiring criteria to be nonpretextual where the subjective factors considered were articulated and generally relevant to the job

  7. Canham v. Oberlin College

    666 F.2d 1057 (6th Cir. 1981)   Cited 10 times
    In Canham v. Oberlin College, 666 F.2d 1057 (6th Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 977, 102 S.Ct. 2242, 72 L.Ed.2d 851 (1982), the claim was sex discrimination.