· 5/8/1990
William Rose, Jr. Orie Reed v. Wells Fargo & Company
Citations
- 902 F.2d 1417
- 5 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 648
- 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 7283
- 53 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 39,920
- 52 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1430
- 1990 WL 57676
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- holding that employer’s use of the phrase “old-boy network” did not support inference of discriminatory motive
- holding that employer's use of the phrase \old-boy network\ did not support inference of discriminatory motive
- holding that Wells Fargo’s policy of committing employment decisions in a RIF to the subjective discretion of its managers constituted a specific employment practice subject to disparate impact analysis
- concluding that plaintiff's statistical evidence was insufficient to raise inference of causation where other evidence demonstrated that workforce after employment action was applied was older than the workforce beforehand
- holding that hiring that occurred much later than termination does not fulfill employee's burden
- noting that \Wells Fargo admits that the process of job elimination and restaffing was otherwise discretionary and sub- jective\
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Judges: Wallace, Alarcon, Leavy
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