Mayfield v. Patterson Pump Company

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a plaintiff’s failure to meet terms of employment was a sufficient reason for termination under the second part of the McDonnell Douglas test
• explaining plaintiff must provide significant probative evidence on the issue of pretext
• “Conclusory allegations of discrimination, without more, are not sufficient to raise an inference of pretext or intentional discrimination where [an employer] has offered . . . evidence of legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for its actions.”
• “Conclusory allegations of discrimination, without more, are not sufficient to raise an inference of pretext ... where an employer has offered extensive evidence of legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for its actions.” (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted)

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