Barbara Stacks v. Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a statement that -10- women in sales were “‘the worst thing’ that had happened to the company” was direct evidence of sex discrimination
• agreeing with district court that claim for discrimination based on interracial relationships was cognizable under Title VII, but finding that plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence to support the claim
• the employer can be liable where the allegedly biased subordinate participated in every step of the adverse decisionmaking process
• “cat’s paw” liability was possible where the biased subordinate participated in every step of the decisionmaking process
• supervisor’s comment that “women in sales were the worst thing” to happen to the company is direct evidence of sex discrimination
• supervisor's comment that \women in sales were the worst thing that had happened to this company\ is direct evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).