Legal Opinion
Caldwell v. Paramount Unified School District
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 20, 1995No. B082976PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARMSTRONG, J.
This case presents the sometimes knotty question of the proper application of the “shifting burdens of proof” applicable to employment discrimination cases as first set forth in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green (1973) 411 U.S. 792 [36 L.Ed.2d 668, 93 S.Ct. 1817] (hereafter, McDonnell Douglas). Due to the confusion which is attendant to application of this legal concept in various trial and pretrial proceedings, we discuss its purpose and use at length below.
Plaintiff Richard Caldwell (Caldwell) sued Paramount Unified School District (the District) 1 for breach of contract,…
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