Legal Opinion
Jacqueline Lewis v. City of Union City, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 2019No. 15-11362PublishedCited by 740 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWSOM, Circuit Judge:
Faced with a defendant's motion for summary judgment, a plaintiff asserting an intentional-discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Protection Clause, or 42 U.S.C. § 1981 must make a sufficient factual showing to permit a reasonable jury to rule in her favor. She can do so in a variety of ways, one of which is by navigating the now-familiar three-part burden-shifting framework established by the Supreme Court in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green , 411 U.S. 792 , 93 S.Ct. 1817 , 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973). Under that framework, the…
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3Cited by740 opinions
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