Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Transpac Drilling Venture v. United States

513 U.S. 819

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1994-10-03
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • granting summary judgment even after plaintiff had established a prima facie case of race discrimination on the grounds that plaintiff had “not offered sufficient evidence to support a finding that [defendant’s] stated reason was a pretext for discrimination.”
  • “[T]he allocation of burdens under Title VII applies to proving in tentional discrimination under section 1981 as well.”
  • failure to post job vacancies does not, standing alone, amount to evidence of intentional discrimination
  • “Durham has not offered sufficient evidence to support a finding that Xerox’s stated reason was a pretext for discrimination.”

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Cited by
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Case below, 26 Cl.Ct. 1245; 16 F.3d 383. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied.