Legal Opinion
RAP, Inc. v. District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 10, 1984No. 83-1348PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
The District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights held that RAP, Inc., had violated D.C.Code § 1-2512(a)(1) (1981) by discharging its employee Senetra Rose for a discriminatory reason based on her sex. 1 RAP petitions for review of the Commission’s ruling. Because it must be concluded on the record before us that Ms. Rose failed to prove that RAP’s stated reason for discharging her was a pretext for discrimination, we reverse.
Senetra Rose and her husband, Greg, were both employees of RAP, Inc., a private nonprofit organization that provides rehabilitative programs to…
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