· 7/6/2015
Stacy Cox v. First National Bank
Citations
- 792 F.3d 936
- 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 11541
- 127 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1083
- 2015 WL 4070112
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that “it is the employer’s role to identify those strengths that constitute the best qualified applicant” (cleaned up)
- requiring applicant to show employer hired less qualified applicant to support finding of pretext
- “it is the employer's role to identify those strengths that constitute the best qualified applicant.
- “An employer could invent subjective criteria for promotions in order to mask discrimination.”
- the fact that one out of the employer’s 15 executive officers, and one of the 12 board members, is female was not enough to discredit the employer’s hiring criteria, even where such criteria was subjective
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Judges: Benton, Smith, Wollman
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