Supreme Court· 6/29/1978

Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters

Citations

438 U.S. 567
98 S. Ct. 2943
57 L. Ed. 2d 957
1978 U.S. LEXIS 41
17 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 8401
17 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1062

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recognizing that McDonnell Douglas’s, suggested method for setting out a prima facie case “was never intended to be rigid, mechanized, or ritualistic.”
holding that a district court may not require “a showing of each prong of the prima facie test for disparate treatment at the pleading stage”
holding that “the method suggested in McDonnell Douglas was never intended to be rigid, mechanized or ritualistic”
recognizing that McDon- nell Douglas’s suggested method for setting out a prima facie case “was never intended to be rigid, mechanized, or ritualis- tic.”
finding that employers are under no affirmative duty to impose hiring quotas to reflect demographic percentages
finding that employers are under no affirmative duty to impose hiring quotas to reflect demographic percentages

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