eBook details
- Title: Texas Department Community Affairs v. Burdine
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 04, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
Description
discrimination suit brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U. S. C. ? 2000e et seq. The narrow question presented is whether, after the plaintiff has proved a prima facie case of discriminatory treatment, the burden shifts to the defendant to persuade the court by a preponderance of the evidence that legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for the challenged employment action existed.