Cecil JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee

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• noting that “[t]he underlying purpose of the fourth element in the McDonnell Douglas formulation is precisely to establish this unlawful inference of discrimination”
• noting that “[t]he underlying purpose of the fourth element in the McDonnell Douglas formulation is precisely to establish this unlawful inference of discrimination”
• noting that “[t]he underlying purpose of the fourth element in the McDonnell Douglas formulation is precisely to establish this unlawful inference of discrimination”
• motion for reexamination of an order disposing of an action prior to trial was presumed to be a motion for reconsideration rather than a motion for new trial
• court notes that prima facie case of discrimination in discharge may exist even where plaintiff is replaced by minority, since replacement by another minority may be a pretextual device designed to disguise the act of discrimination.
• “Although the parties and the district court all proceeded to deal with plaintiff's motion as one for “new trial,” neither the parties nor the court identified whether it was a motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(a)(2) or Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e). As this was a motion 2002

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