Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston

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• holding that the McDonnell Douglas test was “designed to assure that the ‘plaintiff [has] his day in court despite the unavailability of direct evidence’”
• holding that the legislative history under the Act indicates that liquidated damages are intended to be punitive in nature
• holding that the McDonnell Douglas framework does not apply once plaintiff has presented direct evidence of discrimination
• holding that an employer's actions violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act were taken in good faith and without knowledge of the violation barred an award of liquidated damages, but had no effect on liability
• holding that the McDonnell Douglas framework does not apply once plaintiff has presented direct evidence of discrimination
• holding that “the McDonnell Douglas test is inapplicable where the plaintiff presents direct evidence of discrimination”

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