· 7/9/1996
Andrea E. Boyd v. Harding Academy of Memphis, Inc.
Citations
- 88 F.3d 410
- 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 16259
- 68 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,178
- 71 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 300
- 1996 WL 379280
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- agreeing with the district court’s conclusion that the defendant “articulated a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason by stating that it fired plaintiff Boyd not because she was pregnant, but for engaging in sex outside of marriage”
- \Congress manifested its belief that discrimination based on pregnancy constitutes discrimination based on sex.\
- “Congress manifested its belief that discrimination on the basis of pregnancy constitutes discrimination based on sex.”
- “Title VII . . . applies . . . to a religious institution charged with sex discrimination.”
- “[Plaintiff] may satisfy this burden by showing that the…reasons…were not its true reasons, but were a pretext for intentional discrimination.”
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Judges: Kennedy, Jones, Contie
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