557 F. Supp. 562 - Evans v. Interstate Brands Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. “[A]s long as a minority employee is discharged under circumstances in which a non-minority employee would not have been or in fact was not discharged, there exists a genuine issue of material fact as to the real reason behind the termination of the minority employee. In any situation in which a black employee is fired while a white employee is retained ‘under similar circumstances,’ the fact of dissimilar punishment for similar conduct raises an inference of racial discrimination sufficient to preclude the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant employer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Payne v. Frank

2. “(1) that plaintiff was a member of a protected group; (2) that there was a company policy of practice concerning the activity for which he or she was discharged; (3) that non-minority employees either were given the benefit of lenient company practice or were not held to compliance with a strict company policy; and (4) that the minority employee was disciplined either without the application of a lenient policy, or in conformity with the strict one.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Payne v. Frank