Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Louisburg Grain Co. v. City of Arkansas City

Louisburg Grain Co. v. City of Ark. City, 490 U.S. 1098 (1989)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1989-06-05
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • observing that a factual dispute is genuine only “if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party.”
  • affirming a summary judgment for the defendant-employer, stating that the plaintiff had not presented the court with a genuine issue of material fact as to whether “but for” his age he would not have been discharged
  • “Statistics are often unreliable because company-wide data may mask discrimination on a smaller scale.”

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