Don C. Williams v. Ford Motor Company

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• concluding a record “devoid of any evidence” that similarly situated comparators were treated differently was insufficient to prove discriminatory motive
• holding the trial court did not clearly err in finding insufficient evidence of pretext where “non-discriminatory factors could have accounted for” any difference in treatment
• holding that district court erred in concluding the plaintiff had failed to establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination because he had not shown that his employer sought persons outside the plaintiffs protected group to fill his job after he was discharged
• using Jones elements where plaintiff \alleged discriminatory refusal to reinstate based upon a theory of disparate treatment\
• employing this factual test of whether employees were “similarly situated” to determine whether the plaintiff had established a pñma facie case of disparate treatment
• rejecting the plaintiffs pretext argument because the plaintiff failed to set forth evidence of other employees' work histories and specific infractions thereby precluding a finding that similarly situated employees were treated differently

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