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Michael E. Gohrig, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (Eastern Area), Agency.

01A13144 (E.E.O.C. Jul. 25, 2002)
Michael E. Gohrig, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, (Eastern Area), Agency.

5 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. O'Connor v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp.

    517 U.S. 308 (1996)   Cited 2,089 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that inference of age discrimination cannot be drawn from “replacement of one worker with another worker insignificantly younger”

  5. Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins

    507 U.S. 604 (1993)   Cited 1,941 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that age and years of service, pension status, or seniority are "analytically distinct" and an employer may rely on one while ignoring the other