Valerie F. Downey v. United States Postal Service 01A03576 & 01A03957 03-12-02 .Valerie F. Downey, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

4 Cited authorities

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 53,600 times   98 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. O'Connor v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp.

    517 U.S. 308 (1996)   Cited 2,099 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that inference of age discrimination cannot be drawn from “replacement of one worker with another worker insignificantly younger”
  3. Burrus v. United Telephone Co. of Kan., Inc.

    683 F.2d 339 (10th Cir. 1982)   Cited 405 times
    Holding that three years between the protected activity and the adverse employment action was too long to establish the third element
  4. Sutton v. Atl. Richfield Co.

    646 F.2d 407 (9th Cir. 1981)   Cited 36 times

    No. 79-3345. Argued and Submitted April 6, 1981. Decided May 26, 1981. Jeffrey S. Pop, Pop Hahn, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Paul Grossman, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before ELY and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge. The Honorable Gus J. Solomon, United States District Judge, District of Oregon, sitting by designation. ELY, Circuit