Legal Opinion
James J. SHEEHAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DAILY RACING FORM, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 25, 1997No. 96-2123PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
A plaintiff can avert summary judg-ment f°r the defendant in an employment discrimination case either by putting in enough evidence, whether direct or circumstantial, of discriminatory motivation to create a triable issue or by establishing a prima facie case under the McDonnell Douglas formula. See McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 93 S.Ct. 1817, 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973). The plaintiff in this case tried both ways of staving off summary judgment, but failed in each.
James Sheehan was an assistant editor in the Chicago office of the Daily Razing Form, which made…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- O'CONNOR v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Kimberly Hern Troupe v. The May Department Stores Company, Doing Business as Lord & TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Mid-State Fertilizer Co., Lasley Kimmel, and Maxine Kimmel v. Exchange National Bank of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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