Frances E. WALTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BISCO INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee

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• “[W]e do not view the discrimination laws as vehicles for judicial second-guessing of business decisions.”
• “[W]e do not view the discrimination laws as vehicles for judicial second-guessing of business decisions.”
• “Once the defendant has presented evidence that, ‘if believed by the trier of fact, would support a finding that unlawful discrimination was not the cause of the employment action,’ the shifted burden of production becomes ‘irrelevant.’”
• “The plaintiff cannot succeed by proving only that the defendant’s proffered reason is pretextual. Rather, ‘a reason cannot be proved to be ‘a pretext for discrimination’ unless it is shown both that the reason was false and that discrimination was the real reason.’ ”

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