Legal Opinion

Capaci v. Katz & Besthoff, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 8, 1983No. 82-3228PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REAVLEY,

Circuit Judge:

Andra A. Capaci and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought this Title VII sex discrimination suit against Katz & Besthoff, Inc. (K & B), a drugstore company based in New Orleans. With the exception of one minor aspect of Capaei’s individual disparate treatment case, the district court held for the defendant company after a bench trial. 525 F.Supp. 317 (E.D.La.1981). Numerous issues are raised on appeal, the most important of which concern the use and abuse of statistical techniques by the parties in the trial below. We hold that the district court was…

2Cases cited30 opinions

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  2. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Furnco Construction Corp. v. WatersSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Pullman-Standard v. SwintSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by38 opinions

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  3. Collins v. State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  4. Coates v. Johnson & JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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