opining that proof of relative qualifications should be considered at the rebuttal stage of the Title VII analysis, and not at the prima facie stage
How later courts described this case
- opining that proof of relative qualifications should be considered at the rebuttal stage of the Title VII analysis, and not at the prima facie stage
- in failure to promote case, fourth prong satisfied because “white Post' Office employees received the positions” to which plaintiff, a black man, applied
- remanded for further consideration in light of Howe v. Smith, 452 U.S. 473, 101 S.Ct. 2468, 69 L.Ed.2d 171 (1981)
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine, 450 U. S. 248 (1981).