Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
- Decided
- June 12, 2000
- Docket
- 99-536
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that “a prima facie case and sufficient evidence to reject the employer’s explanation may permit a finding of liability” under the ADEA — Kendrick v. Penske Transportation Services, Inc. (2000)
- holding that if factfinder rejects employer’s proffered nondiserimina-tory reasons as unbelievable, it may infer “the ultimate fact of intentional discrimination” without additional proof of discrimination — Ronald Y. Chuang and Linda Chuang v. University of California Davis, Board of Trustees and Fitz-Roy Curry (2000)
- holding that “[a] prima facie case and sufficient evidence to reject the employer’s explánation may permit a finding of liability” in an employment-discrimination action — Laura Ferraro v. Kellwood Company (2006)
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How the opinion begins
[*137] Justice O’Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case concerns the kind and amount of evidence necessary to sustain a jury’s verdict that an employer unlawfully discriminated on the basis of age. Specifically, we must resolve whether a defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law when the plaintiff’s case consists exclusively of a prima facie case of discrimination and sufficient evidence for the trier of fact to disbelieve the defendant’s legitimate, nondiseriminatory explanation for its action. We must also decide whether the employer was entitled to judgment as a matter of law under the particular circumstances presented here.
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Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., 530 U.S. 133 (2000)Read the full opinion
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