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· 4/22/1991

Michelle Lindahl v. Air France, a French Corporation

Citations

  • 930 F.2d 1434
  • 91 Daily Journal DAR 4545
  • 91 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2821
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 6795
  • 56 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 40,712
  • 55 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1033
  • 1991 WL 58476

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that supervisor’s remarks indicating sexual stereotyping create inference of discriminatory motive
  • finding that an employer’s comments about candidates “reflect[ed] male/female stereotypes” and could be evidence of discriminatory motive under Title VII
  • finding that a party's expression of intent to challenge the credibility of witnesses does not establish pretext
  • direct evidence of sexual stereotyping where employer believed that the female candidates get “nervous” and “easily upset”
  • “The plaintiff cannot carry this burden simply by restating the prima facie case and expressing an intent to challenge the credibility of the employer’s witnesses on cross-examination”
  • In a Title VII case, \a plaintiff cannot defeat summary judgment simply by making out a prima facie case.\

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Judges: Boochever, Hall, Rymer

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