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· 8/23/2006

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Target Corporation

Citations

  • 460 F.3d 946
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 21483
  • 88 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 42,499
  • 98 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1356

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that EEOC “presented expert testimony indicating that some people can determine a speaker’s race based on his or her voice or name”
  • finding that jury could infer that employer knew applicants’ race based on their names and extracurricular activities listed on their resumes
  • Explaining that summary judgment is only proper “where no rational fact finder could believe that the employer lied about its proffered reasons for the hiring decision in question.”
  • Explaining that summary judgment is only proper “where no rational fact finder could believe that the employer lied about its proffered reasons for the hiring decision in question.”
  • rejecting the mere assertion that the employee \did not meet the requirements\ because the employer failed to \give a clear statement as to which requirements [he] lacked\
  • rejecting the mere assertion that the employee “did not meet the requirements” because the employer failed to “give a clear statement as to which requirements [he] lacked”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cudahy, Kanne, Rovner

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