Blair v. Henry Filters, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that the evidence was “of doubtful relevance” where the sample size appeared to be very small and the parties did not present statistical analysis on that data
• holding that a “lack an objective plan for the [RIF] creates a genuine issue of material fact regarding whether th[e] explanation is credible,” where the “shedding of employees appears to have been chaotic, occurring in fits and starts”
• concluding “that the preponderance of evidence indicates that Tsolis[, the declarant,] had the authority to hire and fire salespeople, and therfore, Tsolis’s ‘younger sales force’ statement concerned a matter within the scope of his employment”
• noting that although the burdens of production shift between the parties, “[t]he ultimate burden of persuading the trier of fact that the defendant intentionally discriminated against the plaintiff remains at all times with the plaintiff” (alteration in original
• stating the McDonnell Douglas — inspired prima facie elements did not constitute “rigid requirements”
• defining direct evidence as “evidence that proves the existence of a fact without requiring any inferences”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).