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Joe T. Thompson, Complainant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

01980528 (E.E.O.C. Nov. 24, 2000)
Joe T. Thompson, Complainant, v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

7 Cited authorities

  1. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prods., Inc.

    530 U.S. 133 (2000)   Cited 21,559 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a "trier of fact can reasonably infer from the falsity of the explanation that the employer is dissembling to cover up a discriminatory purpose"

  2. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 53,293 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

  3. Tex. Dept. of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine

    450 U.S. 248 (1981)   Cited 20,221 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. Universal Camera Corp. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

    340 U.S. 474 (1951)   Cited 9,683 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that court may not "displace the Board's choice between two fairly conflicting views, even though the court would justifiably have made a different choice had the matter been before it de novo "

  5. Pullman-Standard v. Swint

    456 U.S. 273 (1982)   Cited 1,626 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[w]hen an appellate court discerns that a district court has failed to make a finding because of an erroneous view of the law, the usual rule is that there should be a remand for further proceedings to permit the trial court to make the missing findings"

  6. Prewitt v. United States Postal Service

    662 F.2d 292 (5th Cir. 1981)   Cited 293 times
    Concluding in a Rehabilitation Act case involving employment discrimination that the employer has the burden of persuasion on the issue of reasonable accommodation

  7. 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