U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (E.E.O.C.) Office of Federal Operations * * * SELMA D., COMPLAINANT, v. ARNE DUNCAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AGENCY.
0720150015 (E.E.O.C. Sep. 5, 2000)
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (E.E.O.C.) Office of Federal Operations * * * SELMA D., COMPLAINANT, v. ARNE DUNCAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AGENCY.
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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"
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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
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