31 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 234,950 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"
  2. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prods., Inc.

    530 U.S. 133 (2000)   Cited 20,999 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, since the 58-year-old plaintiff was fired by his 60-year-old employer, there was an inference that "age discrimination was not the motive"
  3. Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp. v. Morgan

    536 U.S. 101 (2002)   Cited 10,181 times   31 Legal Analyses
    Holding limitations period for hostile-work-environment claim runs from the last act composing the claim
  4. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 51,915 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
  5. Tex. Dept. of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine

    450 U.S. 248 (1981)   Cited 19,894 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"
  6. U.S. Postal Service Bd. of Govs. v. Aikens

    460 U.S. 711 (1983)   Cited 2,398 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because "[t]here will seldom be `eyewitness' testimony to the employer's mental process," evidence of the employer's discriminatory attitude in general is relevant and admissible to prove discrimination
  7. Ash v. Tyson Foods

    546 U.S. 454 (2006)   Cited 692 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that decisionmaker’s alleged use of term "boy" to refer to African-American employees was evidence of discriminatory animus
  8. United Air Lines, Inc. v. Evans

    431 U.S. 553 (1977)   Cited 1,331 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an allegedly discriminatory practice that was no longer actionable could not form the predicate of a challenge to a neutral seniority system
  9. Aka v. Washington Hospital Center

    156 F.3d 1284 (D.C. Cir. 1998)   Cited 1,137 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a plaintiff's discrediting of an employer's stated reason for its employment decision is entitled to considerable weight"
  10. Jones v. Bernanke

    557 F.3d 670 (D.C. Cir. 2009)   Cited 575 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "these principles apply equally to retaliation claims"
  11. Section 2000e-2 - Unlawful employment practices

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2   Cited 28,055 times   163 Legal Analyses
    Adopting case law prior to June 4, 1989, “with respect to the concept of ‘alternative employment practice’ ”
  12. Section 1602.14 - Preservation of records made or kept

    29 C.F.R. § 1602.14   Cited 161 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Exempting "seasonal" jobs from certain recordkeeping requirements
  13. Section 335.103 - Agency promotion programs

    5 C.F.R. § 335.103   Cited 45 times

    (a)Merit promotion plans. Except as otherwise specifically authorized by OPM, an agency may make promotions under § 335.102 of this part only to positions for which the agency has adopted and is administering a program designed to insure a systematic means of selection for promotion according to merit. These programs shall conform to the requirements of this section. (b)Merit promotion requirements - (1)Requirement 1. Each agency must establish procedures for promoting employees that are based on