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Robert Gaertner, Complainant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (N.Y. Metro and Northeast areas), Agency.

01961862 (E.E.O.C. Aug. 2, 2000)
Robert Gaertner, Complainant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (N.Y. Metro and Northeast areas), Agency.

9 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. Prewitt v. United States Postal Service

    662 F.2d 292 (5th Cir. 1981)   Cited 292 times
    Concluding in a Rehabilitation Act case involving employment discrimination that the employer has the burden of persuasion on the issue of reasonable accommodation

  5. Palmer v. Circuit Court of Cook Cty., Soc. Serv.

    905 F. Supp. 499 (N.D. Ill. 1995)   Cited 42 times
    Holding that a personality conflict with a supervisor or co-worker does not establish a disability even if it produces anxiety and depression, as such conflicts often do

  6. Mazzarella v. U.S. Postal Service

    849 F. Supp. 89 (D. Mass. 1994)   Cited 24 times
    Holding that lack of knowledge of decisionmaker who fired an employee with a mental disorder precluded liability under Rehabilitation Act

  7. Adams v. Alderson

    723 F. Supp. 1531 (D.D.C. 1989)   Cited 20 times
    Holding that a personality conflict with an antagonizing supervisor was not a disability under the ADA

  8. Maiuro v. Federal Express Corp.

    43 F.3d 1461 (3d Cir. 1994)   Cited 14 times
    Holding that there is no disparate impact liability under ADEA

  9. Appendix to Part 1630 - Interpretive Guidance on Title I of the Americans With Disabilities Act

    29 C.F.R. § 1630 app to Part 1630   Cited 860 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Determining whether an individual is substantially limited in a major life activity entails the nature and severity of the impairment; the duration or expected duration of the impairment; and the permanent or long term impact