Janet Stout Juliana Nedd Sheila Wright Lee Harrison v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General

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• concluding that even if the data were reliable, it did not reveal a disparate impact because the percentage of women selected was roughly proportional to the percentage of female applicants
• concluding that even if the data were reliable, it did not reveal a disparate impact because the percentage of women selected was roughly proportional to the percentage of female applicants
• stating that plaintiffs generally cannot attack overall decisionmaking process, rather they must identify a particular element or practice
• stating that plaintiffs generally cannot attack overall decisionmaking process, rather they must identify a particular element or practice
• stating that “[a] 4 sample involving 6 female applicants in a pool of 38 applicants is likely too small to produce 5 statistically significant results”; noting that, in Contreras v. County of Los Angeles, 656 F.2d 1267 6 (9th Cir. 1981
• finding plaintiffs failed 21 to identify a specific employment practice where the overall interview screening process at issue 22 “included several discrete elements”

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