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· 3/17/1999

Douglas M. Mills v. Health Care Service Corporation

Citations

  • 171 F.3d 450
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 4332
  • 75 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,799
  • 80 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1535
  • 1999 WL 144274

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing being passed over despite superior qualifications can count as a background circumstance for making a prima facie case of reverse discrimination
  • modification necessary because the plaintiff was a white male who “clearly [did] not satisfy prong one” and “if strictly applied, the [McDonnell Douglas] prima facie test would eliminate all reverse discrimination suits”

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Judges: Coffey, Flaum, Evans

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