· 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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