Marcia R. LIEBERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward v. GANT Et Al., Defendants-Appellees

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• explaining that, where an employer’s explanation “is reasonably attributable to an honest even though partially subjective evaluation of ... qualifications, no inference of discrimination can be drawn”
• no inference of discrimination can be drawn where decision is reasonably attributable to honesty even though partially subjective evaluations of respective employees
• “It is enough for the defendants in the second phase of the case to bring forth evidence that they acted on a neutral basis.”
• “Evidence of general patterns of discrimination by an employer is relevant even in an individual disparate treatment case.”
• it is “not require[d] that the candidate whom a court considers most qualified for a particular position be awarded that position; it [is] require[d] only that the decision among candidates not be discriminatory”
• “When a decision to hire ... one person rather than another is reasonably attributable to an honest even though partially subjective evaluation of their qualifications, no inference of discrimination can be drawn.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).