Reitz v. Leasing Consultants Associates

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• holding that failure of district court to charge jury correctly on allocation of proof requires reversal
• holding that failure of district court to charge jury correctly on allocation of proof requires reversal
• circumstantial evi- dence may shift burden if it \directly reflect[s]\ the alleged discriminatory attitude
• “a plaintiff need not prove the merits of the underlying discrimination complaint, but only that ‘he was acting under a good faith, reasonable belief that a violation existed’ ”
• “[T]he duty falls on the police and the prosecuting authorities, and not on a private individual supplying information, to determine what are the significant facts in an investigation.”
• circumstantial evi- dence may shift burden if it \directly reflect[s]\ the alleged discriminatory attitude

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