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Richard Brooks, Appellant, v. Lawrence Summers, Secretary, Department of the Treasury (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms), Agency.

01975008 (E.E.O.C. Sep. 16, 1999)
Richard Brooks, Appellant, v. Lawrence Summers, Secretary, Department of the Treasury (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms), Agency.

7 Cited authorities

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 52,401 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 19,994 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. Manoharan v. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

    842 F.2d 590 (2d Cir. 1988)   Cited 548 times
    Holding that plaintiff could not have held a reasonable belief where he "neither pointed out discrimination against particular individuals nor discriminatory practices by [the employer]"

  5. Grant v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.

    622 F.2d 43 (2d Cir. 1980)   Cited 338 times
    Holding that plaintiff established causal connection despite an eight-month lapse in time when the defendant was unable to retaliate any sooner under the circumstances

  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