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· 10/5/1990

Patricia A. Thomas v. Washington County School Board

Citations

  • 915 F.2d 922
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 17674
  • 54 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 40,291
  • 53 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1754
  • 1990 WL 146486

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  • “[A]lthough disparate impact cases usually focus on statistics, they are neither the exclusive nor a necessary means of proof.”
  • a school board violated Title VII through a combination of nepotism, word-of-mouth 22 recruiting, and “the general practice of posting notice of vacancies only in the schools,” where 104 1 minorities were unlikely to see them

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Judges: Murnaghan, Butzner, Kaufman

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