Lapsley v. Columbia University-College of Physicians & Surgeons

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that as McDonnell Douglas is often applied, “[t]he first two steps, for all practical purposes, have fallen out of the equation”
• noting that “[c]ourts must continue to be mindful that clever men may easily conceal their motivations.”
• noting a “legion” of criticisms of the “cumbersome” doctrine and quoting characterizations by courts and commentators as a “‘yo-yo rule,’ ‘befuddling,’ ‘replete with confusion,’ and ‘incomprehensible’”
• advocating elimination of McDonnell Douglas test in favor of simplified approach focusing on ultimate issue of whether sufficient evidence exists to permit jury to find discrimination
• advocating elimination of McDonnell Douglas test in favor of simplified approach focusing on ultimate issue of whether sufficient evidence exists to permit jury to find discrimination
• listing cases in which the court assumed, without detailed analysis, that the plaintiff established a prima facie case of discrimination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).