St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks
- Decided
- June 25, 1993
- Docket
- 92-602
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 8,844 timesOverruled in part on other grounds (not yet verified)Possible negative treatment: overruled in part on other grounds, abrogated on other grounds, overruled on other grounds, abrogated in part on other grounds (not yet verified) · Washington v. Frito Lay Inc
What later courts said
- holding that rejection of defendant's claimed nondiscriminatory reason does not compel a finding for plaintiff — Birkbeck v. Marvel Lighting Corporation (1994)
- holding that once a defendant comes forward with a nondiscriminatory reason for its actions, the McDonnell-Douglas framework “simply drops out of the picture” — Lonnell Brewer v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (2007)
- holding that rejection of the defendant’s proffered reasons will permit the trier of fact to infer the ultimate fact of intentional discrimination — Hazeldine v. Beverage Media, Ltd. (1997)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari to determine whether, in a suit against an employer alleging intentional racial discrimination in violation of § 703(a)(1) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 255, 42 U. S. C. § 2000e-2(a)(l), the trier of fact’s rejection of the employer’s asserted reasons for its actions mandates a finding for the plaintiff.
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St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks, 509 U.S. 502 (1993)Read the full opinion
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