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Ricky W. Baird, Complainant, v. Rodney E. Slater, Secretary, Department of Transportation, Agency.

01963981 (E.E.O.C. Jul. 19, 2000)
Ricky W. Baird, Complainant, v. Rodney E. Slater, Secretary, Department of Transportation, Agency.

7 Cited authorities

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 52,406 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. Tex. Dept. of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine

    450 U.S. 248 (1981)   Cited 19,997 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"

  3. Steelworkers v. Weber

    443 U.S. 193 (1979)   Cited 524 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the statute prohibiting racial discrimination must “be read against the background of the legislative history of Title VII and the historical context from which the Act arose”

  4. Johnson v. Transportation Agency

    480 U.S. 616 (1987)   Cited 380 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an affirmative action plan provides a legitimate reason for a hiring decision that considers race or ethnicity

  5. 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

  6. Keyes v. Secretary of the Navy

    853 F.2d 1016 (1st Cir. 1988)   Cited 64 times
    Finding 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

  7. 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