Thomas E. Sutherland v. Michigan Department of Treasury

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• holding that “significant evidence in the form of statistical data” showing that the employer considered race in previous employment decisions satisfied the first prong for the purposes of overcoming the employer’s summary-judgment motion
• noting that a prima facie case of failure to promote requires demonstration that another employee with similar qualifications who was not a member of the plaintiffs protected class received the promotion.
• accepting higher interview score as a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for a plaintiff’s non-selection and rejecting plaintiff’s pretext reasons as refuting that legitimate reason
• finding no genuine issue of material fact as to pretext when plaintiff, who had more years of experience, had less extensive educational background than promoted employee
• analyzing § 1983 equal protection claims under the framework governing Title VII discrimination claims
• affirming summary judgment where plaintiff offered only “unsupported speculation” to show pretext

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