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· 7/20/1987

Leroy E. Kendall, Jr. v. John R. Block

Citations

  • 821 F.2d 1142
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 9621
  • 43 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 37,285
  • 46 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 183

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that employees at different levels of seniority and at different pay scales are not similarly situated
  • concluding two employees at different levels of seniority and with different overall performance ratings were not similarly situated
  • finding that the plaintiff was not similar to his white comparators in part because they were at higher levels of superiority than the plaintiff
  • “a plaintiff may prevail” by showing the defendant’s “proffered explanation is not worthy of credence”
  • calling an employee \nigger\ may be direct evidence of discrimination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Politz, Johnson, Davis

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