Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Metal Service Company

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that an employer's word-of-mouth hiring practices made it difficult to ascertain which positions were available
• noting that an employer’s word-of-mouth hiring practices made it difficult to ascertain which positions were available
• considering evidence of black applicants' efforts to obtain employment, although they were never interviewed, and finding prima facie case of racial discrimination established
• listing cases in which nonapplicants established prima facie cases of discrimination by showing a reasonable attempt to demonstrate interest in an open position
• finding in a disparate treatment case that plaintiffs established • a prima facie case where they had applied to specific positions through appropriate channels and were repeatedly passed over for white applicants who were hired by word of mouth
• where process is “secretive” no need for the Plaintiff to show that she applied for the position she sought

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).