holding that even though the plaintiff scored higher than the selected candidate, it was not enough to show that the failure to promote was based on the plaintiff’s race
How later courts described this case
- holding that even though the plaintiff scored higher than the selected candidate, it was not enough to show that the failure to promote was based on the plaintiff’s race
- upholding dis missal on alternative grounds that plaintiff did not prove prima facie case and that record as a whole supported finding of no discrimination
- explaining the McDonnell Douglas test in the context of claims of discriminatory denial of promotion
- noting that municipal government experience can be valid reason for promoting nonmember of protected class over member
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
SPROUSE, J.,
authorizes me to say that he concurs in this opinion.