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· 5/4/1990

Wilma Cumpiano A/K/A Wilma Cumpiano Sanchez v. Banco Santander Puerto Rico

Citations

  • 902 F.2d 148
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 7155
  • 53 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 39,900
  • 52 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1444
  • 1990 WL 56100

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a plaintiff can satisfy the replacement requirement merely by showing that the employer had a continued need for someone to do the same job after the plaintiff left
  • recognizing that evidence regarding the attributes of “a successor employee may have evidentiary force”
  • counseling that “[flindings concerning an actor’s intent fit neatly within the integument of the ‘clearly erroneous’ rule”
  • stating that \we have never held that the . . . prima facie discharge case can be fulfilled only if the complainant shows that she was replaced by someone outside the protected group\
  • stating that \we have never held that the . . . prima facie discharge case can be fulfilled only if the complainant shows that she was replaced by someone outside the protected group\
  • describing high degree of deference that must \be paid to the trier's assessment of the evidence\ in a jury-waived trial

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Judges: Breyer, Selya

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