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Patricia J. Hatter, Complainant, v. Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

0120102519 (E.E.O.C. Sep. 24, 2010)
Patricia J. Hatter, Complainant, v. Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

4 Cited authorities

  1. St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks

    509 U.S. 502 (1993)   Cited 12,459 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination

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

    450 U.S. 248 (1981)   Cited 20,322 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"

  3. U.S. Postal Service Bd. of Govs. v. Aikens

    460 U.S. 711 (1983)   Cited 2,428 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

  4. Turner v. Texas Instruments, Inc.

    555 F.2d 1251 (5th Cir. 1977)   Cited 153 times
    In Turner v. Texas Instruments, Inc., 555 F.2d 1251 (5th Cir. 1977), we held that where an employer wrongly believes an employee has violated company policy, it does not discriminate in violation of Title VII if it acts on that belief.