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· 3/24/1941

Lerner Stores Corp. v. Commissioner

Citations

  • 118 F.2d 455
  • 26 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 711
  • 1941 U.S. App. LEXIS 4029

How courts have described this case

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

  • approving as methods for judging disparate impact, the four-fifths test and the statistical approach used by Madden
  • approving as methods for judging disparate impact, the four-fifths test and the statistical approach used by Madden
  • recognizing “null hypothesis” of no difference between compared groups
  • referring to “expected result” and “obtained result” rather than “predicted result” and “actual result”
  • describing statistical significance as “an alternative measure of differences between groups”
  • “In the typical disparate impact case the proper population for analysis is the applicant pool or the eligible labor pool.”

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Judges: Swan

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