Mixed-Motive Employment Discrimination

12 Florida cases classified under this topic · sorted by citation count · browse and sort

• Bibbs v. Block
  778 F.2d 1318· 8th Cir.· 1985-12-11 ·cited 79×
  The court held that the employer must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the plaintiff would not have been promoted absent discrimination.
• Visser v. Packer Eng'g Assocs., Inc.
  924 F.2d 655· 7th Cir.· 1991-02-04 ·cited 38×
• Ostrowski v. Atl. Mut. Ins. Cos.
  968 F.2d 171· 2d Cir.· 1992-06-19 ·cited 15×
  The court held that the district court erred in failing to provide a burden-shifting jury instruction under Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, entitling the plaintiff to a new trial.
• Kelly v. K.D. Constr. of Fla., Inc.
  866 F. Supp. 1406· S.D. Fla.· 1994-10-26 ·cited 14×
  The court held that the plaintiff failed to prove her termination was due to pregnancy discrimination, as the employer demonstrated the sole motivating factor was her undisclosed affair with a coworker.
• Jones v. Jones Bros. Constr. Corp.
  879 F.2d 295· 7th Cir.· 1989-07-20 ·cited 14×
  The court held that the district court's findings of fact and conclusions of law were inadequate to permit appellate review of the gender discrimination finding.
• Hopkins v. Price Waterhouse
  920 F.2d 967· D.C. Cir.· 1990-12-04 ·cited 13×
  The court affirmed the district court's decision, finding that while the factual findings were questionable, they were not clearly erroneous, and the award of partnership was a permissible, albeit extraordinary, remedy under Title VII.
• Som P. Agarwal v. Regents OF the Univ. OF Minn.
  788 F.2d 504· 8th Cir.· 1986-04-10 ·cited 8×
  The court affirmed the district court's decisions, finding no error in the granting of summary judgment on due process claims, the dismissal of Title VII claims for failure to establish a prima facie case, and the rejection of civil rights claims due to lack of proof of disparate
• Washington v. Lake Cnty.
  969 F.2d 250· 7th Cir.· 1992-07-10 ·cited 6×
  After-acquired evidence of an employee's material misrepresentation on an application, discovered after termination, precludes relief for discrimination if the employer can prove it would have made the same employment decision regardless of the protected characteristic.
• Brown v. Walt Disney World Co.
  805 F. Supp. 1554· M.D. Fla.· 1992-11-03 ·cited 4×
  The court held that while race was a motivating factor in employment decisions, the employer would have made the same termination decision based on performance issues alone.
• United States Info. Agency v. KRC
  989 F.2d 1211· D.C. Cir.· 1993-04-09 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the USIA's termination of Krc's Foreign Service appointment was based on his conduct and security risk, not his sexual orientation, and that his claims for tortious interference and reprisal were properly dismissed.
• Bibbs v. United States Dep't of Agric.
  850 F.2d 457· 8th Cir.· 1988-07-05
  The court held that the district court did not err in finding that the employer met its burden of proving the plaintiff would not have been promoted even absent racial discrimination, and that the district court properly applied Title VII's mixed-motive analysis.