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Steven B. Davidson Appellant, v. Daniel S. Goldin, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Administrator, (Ames Research Center), Agency.

01965627 (E.E.O.C. Oct. 2, 1998)
Steven B. Davidson Appellant, v. Daniel S. Goldin, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Administrator, (Ames Research Center), Agency.

12 Cited authorities

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 52,827 times   96 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 12,338 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 20,104 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. U.S. Postal Service Bd. of Govs. v. Aikens

    460 U.S. 711 (1983)   Cited 2,414 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

  5. Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters

    438 U.S. 567 (1978)   Cited 2,175 times   4 Legal Analyses
    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

  6. Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.

    400 U.S. 542 (1971)   Cited 259 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that it violates Title VII for an employer to have “one hiring policy for women and another for men—each having pre-school-age children.”

  7. Wrenn v. Gould

    808 F.2d 493 (6th Cir. 1987)   Cited 447 times
    Holding that an employer can consider factors external to a job description when selecting among qualified candidates

  8. Jefferies v. Harris Cty. Cmty. Action

    615 F.2d 1025 (5th Cir. 1980)   Cited 209 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding disclosure of personnel records and agency documents unprotected as opposition in light of employer’s "legitimate and substantial interest" in confidentiality

  9. Sprogis v. United Air Lines, Inc.

    444 F.2d 1194 (7th Cir. 1971)   Cited 257 times
    Finding a no-marriage rule directed against only female flight attendants is sex discrimination in violation of Title VII.

  10. Keyes v. Secretary of the Navy

    853 F.2d 1016 (1st Cir. 1988)   Cited 64 times
    Finding evidence of apparent favoritism insufficient to establish race or sex discrimination under Title VII where plaintiff did not offer "a scintilla of evidence which tended to show that her color or her sex — as opposed, say, to some informal preferment of veterans or garden-variety cronyism" was basis for employment decision