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Roxanne L. Ellingson, Complainant, v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Agency.

01982580 (E.E.O.C. Dec. 27, 2000)
Roxanne L. Ellingson, Complainant, v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Agency.

4 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. Dionne v. Shalala

    209 F.3d 705 (8th Cir. 2000)   Cited 14 times
    Holding that although governmental employer applied the wrong standards in determining the plaintiff's pay grade “[t]here is absolutely no evidence” that it was due to “anything but an honest mistake” and standing alone, without something more, could not give rise to a reasonable inference of intentional discrimination