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· 8/1/1994

Luis A. Fuentes v. Steven P. Perskie, Chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission the New Jersey Casino Control Commission

Citations

  • 32 F.3d 759
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 19798
  • 65 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 890
  • 1994 WL 394638

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  • holding that a manager's difficulty pronouncing Latino name may reflect insensitivity or unprofessionalism, but could not reasonably be construed as evidencing bias against Latinos
  • holding that a plaintiff “may defeat a motion for summary judgment by either (i) discrediting the proffered reasons, either circumstantially or directly, or (ii
  • holding that a manager’s difficulty pronouncing Latino name may reflect insensitivity or unprofessionalism, but could not reasonably be construed as evidencing bias against Latinos
  • recognizing that “[s]tray remarks by nondecisionmakers or by decisionmakers unrelated to the decision process are rarely given great weight, particularly if they were made temporally remote from the date of decision.”
  • holding that to demonstrate that an employer’s reasons are pretextual, the plaintiff must point to evidence from which a factfinder could either (1) disbelieve the articulated legitimate reasons or (2
  • holding that post hoc “documentation of the reasons for rejecting an applicant is insufficient, in and of itself, to give rise to a reasonable inference of discriminatory motive” under Title VII

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Judges: Becker, Hutchinson, Padova

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