Joseph A. Bruzzese, William C. Hulcher, Robert M. Johnson, Marion Paddy, Complainants, v. William M. Daley, Secretary, Department of Commerce, (Bureau of the Census), Agency.
01997223 (E.E.O.C. Jan. 24, 2001)
Joseph A. Bruzzese, William C. Hulcher, Robert M. Johnson, Marion Paddy, Complainants, v. William M. Daley, Secretary, Department of Commerce, (Bureau of the Census), Agency.
490 U.S. 228 (1989) Cited 4,650 times 162 Legal Analyses
Holding that an employer discriminated on the basis of sex when he "act[ed] on the basis of a belief that a woman cannot be aggressive, or that she must not be"
Holding that the plaintiff's allegations that defendant had advised her that it would not hire a woman for the position at issue was sufficient to create an issue of direct evidence when other circumstantial evidence supported plaintiff's contention