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• noting that either statistical evidence showing disparity and/or anecdotal evidence recounting instances of discrimination against specific class members may be sufficient to establish a pattern or practice of discrimination
• reiterating that statistical evidence was important because it “serve[d] to reinforce the suggestion that these discriminatory incidents were not isolated or sporadic but were representative of Missouri’s standard operating procedure”
• noting that either statistical or anecdotal evidence may be used to establish a pattern or practice and noting “a class claim may succeed despite employer rebuttal of alleged instances of discrimination involving class representatives and testifying class members.”
• “A pattern or practice is present when the discriminatory acts were not isolated, insignificant, or sporadic, but were repeated, routine or of a generalized nature[.]”
• “[A] class claim may fail despite proof of discrimination against one or more individuals!;.]”
• mere assertion by defendant that plaintiff's statistical analysis failed to account for gender-based interest differences in highway maintenance positions did not defeat inference of discrimination; employer bore burden of introducing evidence to show omission was significant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).