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· 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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