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· 10/15/1996

Greene v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

Citations

  • 98 F.3d 554
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 26799
  • 69 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,501
  • 72 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 85
  • 1996 WL 589378

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a decisionmaker’s comments should be construed “[a]gainst the backdrop” of their context
  • “The establishment of a prima facie case in effect creates a presumption that the employer unlawfully discriminated against the employee.”
  • “[W]e must be mindful that a ruling which deprives a party of a determination of the facts by a jury ‘should be cautiously and sparingly granted.’” (quoting Cockrell v. Boise Cascade Corp., 781 F.2d 173, 177 (10th Cir. 1986))

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Judges: Tacha, Holloway, Briscoe

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