Legal Opinion
Febres v. Challenger Caribbean Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 8, 2000No. 98-1916PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Ever since Justice O’Connor highlighted the importance of direct evidence of discrimination, see Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S. 228, 276-77, 109 S.Ct. 1775, 104 L.Ed.2d 268 (1989) (O’Connor, J., concurring), courts have struggled to determine whether particular pieces of evidence can be so classified. Following the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Pub.L. No. 102-166, § 102, 105 Stat. 1071, 1078 (codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(c)(l)), this struggle took on an added dimension: the Act made jury trials widely available in discrimination cases, thus sparking…
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