Sonja J. Hrobowski, Complainant, William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

6 Cited authorities

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 52,385 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. Burrus v. United Telephone Co. of Kan., Inc.

    683 F.2d 339 (10th Cir. 1982)   Cited 401 times
    Holding that three years between the protected activity and the adverse employment action was too long to establish the third element
  4. McKenna v. Weinberger

    729 F.2d 783 (D.C. Cir. 1984)   Cited 204 times
    Holding that probationary employee was not similarly situated to "permanent employees of the agency"
  5. 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"
  6. 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