Legal Opinion
William SORBA, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA DRILLING COMPANY, INC.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 18, 1987No. 86-3688PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises once again issues most recently addressed by us in Chippolini v. Spencer Gifts, 814 F.2d 893 (3d Cir.1987), regarding the appropriateness of summary judgment for the defendant employer in employment discrimination cases where the plaintiff has produced evidence to establish a prima facie case pursuant to McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 93 S.Ct. 1817, 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973). We held in Chipollini that to defeat a summary judgment motion based only on an employer’s proffered evidence of a nondiscriminatory animus, an…
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- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Furnco Construction Corp. v. WatersSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Goodman v. Mead Johnson & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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