Russo v. Smith International, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• discussing the Fifth Circuits’ modified prima facie standard in cases involving a general reduction in the employer’s workforce
• applying modified prima facie standard to age-discrimination claim where plaintiff had not been replaced by another employee due to company’s reduction-in-force efforts
• “The evidence of relative qualifications must be more than merely subjective and speculative. It must be specific and comparative in nature.”
• “[T]he Fifth Circuit has modified the test in cases involving a general reduction in the employer’s workforce.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).