Kevin Rashaan Golden v. City of Longview, Public Works Division, et al.
A. Whether the court of appeals departed from this Court's holdings expressed in Reeves, Harris, Celotex and Matsushita interpretation of Rule 56(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in which the reviewing court, on an opposed motion for summary judgment, review the "entire record" pursuant to Rule 56 context of summary judgment proceedings...
B. Whether the court of Appeals departed from this Court's holding expressed in Reeves mandating that plaintiffs prima facie case of discrimination (as defined in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802 (1973)), combined with sufficient evidence for a reasonable factfinder to reject the employer's nondiscriminatory explanation for its decision, is adequate to sustain a finding of liability for intentional discrimination...
C. Whether the court of appeals departed from this Court's interpretation of Rule 52 (a)-(b) context of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in which the reviewing court's ministerial duty required attention to dispose of "all the issues in the case appropriately and specifically" in special and formal findings of fact" to make "separate" factual finding & conclusion of law upon presentment of a Rule 52 motion via request thereof or de novo
Whether the court of appeals departed from this Court's holdings