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Robert A. Casarez, Complainant, v. Tom J. Vilsack, Secretary, Department of Agriculture (Forest Service), Agency.

0120112689 (E.E.O.C. Jul. 30, 2012)
Robert A. Casarez, Complainant, v. Tom J. Vilsack, Secretary, Department of Agriculture (Forest Service), Agency.

12 Cited authorities

  1. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prods., Inc.

    530 U.S. 133 (2000)   Cited 21,722 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a "trier of fact can reasonably infer from the falsity of the explanation that the employer is dissembling to cover up a discriminatory purpose"

  2. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 53,702 times   100 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

  3. Harris v. Forklift Sys., Inc.

    510 U.S. 17 (1993)   Cited 12,791 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "no single factor is required" to show a hostile work environment, including "whether [the acts are] physically threatening"

  4. Faragher v. Boca Raton

    524 U.S. 775 (1998)   Cited 9,567 times   101 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, to be actionable, the alleged conduct "must be extreme" and "the sporadic use of abusive language, gender-related jokes, and occasional teasing" are not enough

  5. St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks

    509 U.S. 502 (1993)   Cited 12,463 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination

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

    450 U.S. 248 (1981)   Cited 20,333 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"

  7. Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth

    524 U.S. 742 (1998)   Cited 7,285 times   93 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an employer is not liable for a hostile work environment created by one of its employees when "the employer exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly any sexually harassing behavior, and . . . the plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer or to avoid harm otherwise"

  8. Clark Cty. Sch. Dist. v. Breeden

    532 U.S. 268 (2001)   Cited 5,605 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the temporal proximity requirement to establish a prima facie case "between an employer's knowledge of protected activity and an adverse employment action as sufficient evidence" must be "very close"

  9. Meritor Sav. Bank v. Vinson

    477 U.S. 57 (1986)   Cited 6,649 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sexual harassment may be actionable under Title VII as discrimination on the basis of sex if it is sufficiently severe and pervasive

  10. Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters

    438 U.S. 567 (1978)   Cited 2,190 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a district court was "entitled to consider the racial mix of the work force when trying to make the determination as to motivation" in the employment discrimination context