John H. Carter, Jr., Complainant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (Northeast/New York Metro Region), Agency.
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McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
411 U.S. 792 (1973) Cited 53,600 times 98 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
Prewitt v. United States Postal Service
662 F.2d 292 (5th Cir. 1981) Cited 294 timesConcluding in a Rehabilitation Act case involving employment discrimination that the employer has the burden of persuasion on the issue of reasonable accommodation
Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
545 F.2d 222 (1st Cir. 1976) Cited 249 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding 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"
Keyes v. Secretary of the Navy
853 F.2d 1016 (1st Cir. 1988) Cited 64 timesFinding evidence of apparent favoritism insufficient to establish race or sex discrimination under Title VII where plaintiff did not offer "a scintilla of evidence which tended to show that her color or her sex — as opposed, say, to some informal preferment of veterans or garden-variety cronyism" was basis for employment decision
Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation, Etc.
425 F. Supp. 318 (D. Mass. 1976) Cited 87 timesHolding that discharge six months after EEOC settlement and a month after an informal complaint satisfies causation requirement