Lowery v. Circuit City Stores, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a department manager who supervised nine other employees, had the authority to hire new persons, and had discretion to organize the department, could constitute an employee in a managerial capacity
• holding that a department manager who supervised nine other employees, had the authority to hire new persons, and had discretion to organize the department, could constitute an employee in a managerial capacity
• concluding that supervisor with hiring authority was a managerial employee
• concluding that supervisor with hiring authority was a managerial employee
• stating that an employer’s commitment to its written antidis-crimination policy was called into doubt by racially discriminatory attitudes of top executives and the implementation of a promotional system designed to hide race discrimination in promotions
• stating that an employer perceived the risk of violating federal law where that employer required every manager “to attend a week-long training seminar that included education on the federal anti-discrimination laws”

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