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· 11/21/2008

Royall v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO

Citations

  • 548 F.3d 137
  • 383 U.S. App. D.C. 331
  • 72 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 55
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 24091
  • 91 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,398
  • 104 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1490
  • 2008 WL 4951411

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that sworn depositions and documentary evidence sufficed- to meet the employer’s burden to produce a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for its conduct
  • holding that sworn depositions and documentary evidence sufficed to meet the employer’s burden to produce a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for its conduct
  • concluding that plaintiff had failed to show that “all of the relevant aspects of [his] employment were nearly identical to those of [his comparator]” (quoting Neuren v. Adduci, Mastriani, Meeks & Schill, 43 F.3d 1507, 1514 (D.C. Cir. 1995
  • noting that the burden-shifting framework established in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973) applies in employment discrimination cases
  • noting that the burden-shifting framework established in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973), applies in employment discrimination cases
  • concluding that claimant failed to show that “all of the relevant aspects of [his] employment were nearly identical to those of” an employee of a different race (quoting Neuren v. Adduci, Mastriani, Meeks & Schill, 43 F.3d 1507, 1514 (D.C. Cir. 1995

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Judges: Henderson, Rogers, Randolph

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