Legal Opinion
Silpacharin v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 22, 1990PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEWIS, Judge.
This is an employment discrimination action brought pursuant to the Tennessee Human Rights Act, Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-21-101 et seq., Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.
Following a bench trial the court dismissed plaintiff’s suit for failure to show that he was rejected for promotion and/or transfer 1 “under circumstances which give rise to an inference of unlawful discrimination.” The trial court further held that even if plaintiff had carried his burden of proof of…
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