No. 23-1235

Florida Department of Juvenile Justice v. Lawanna Tynes

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: circumstantial-evidence comparator-analysis convincing-mosaic employment-discrimination McDonnell-Douglas prima-facie-case title-vii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the prima facie case and comparator analysis set forth in this Court's decision in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973) and its progeny remains the correct legal test in proving employment discrimination based on circumstantial evidence or may a court disregard McDonnell Douglas' prima facie case and comparator standard and travel under the less-rigorous "convincing mosaic" theory to prove discrimination based on circumstantial evidence.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the prima facie case and comparator analysis set forth in McDonnell-Douglas-Corp-v-Green-remains-the-correct-legal-test-in-proving-employment-discrimination-based-on-circumstantial-evidence

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-07-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-05-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2024)

Attorneys

Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Carri S. LeiningerWilliams, Leininger and Cosby, P.A., Petitioner