462 U.S. 393 (1983) Cited 652 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that the employer bears the burden of negating causation in a mixed-motive discrimination case, noting "[i]t is fair that [the employer] bear the risk that the influence of legal and illegal motives cannot be separated."
Stating that discriminatee need only seek employment "substantially equivalent to" former job and is not required to "seek or retain a job more onerous than the job from which he or she was discharged"